Donna Friend

MCDONALD-Funeral Services will be held at 7PM Monday at the Lane Funeral Home Mineral Ridge Chapel with the Rev. John R. Selders officiating for Donna Friend, of West 3rd Street in McDonald, who passed away at 12Noon Friday in Glenview Manor Nursing Home after a long battle with breast cancer. Donna was 64. Donna was born on May 3, 1941 in Warren, Ohio and was the daughter of Donald L. and Kathryn (Streiner) Rudge and lived in the area all of her life. Donna was a 1959 graduate of Girard High School. Donna was a homemaker and enjoyed doing home crafts, loved to play BINGO, and enjoyed traveling to Mountaineer Race Track. A loving wife, mother, and grandmother, Donna will be deeply missed by her husband, Dale O. Friend Sr., whom she married on October 8, 1960, a son Dale O. (Yunju) Friend Jr. of South Korea, three sisters Rose Ann, Linda, and Rose Mary, and two granddaughters Geena and Sunny Friend of South Korea. Donna was preceded in death by her parents. Family will receive friends before the services on Monday from 4 until 7 PM at the funeral home. Family suggests that memorial contributions be made in Donna’s name to Hospice of the Valley Humility of Mary Division.