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Donnitta Carroll Hayungs

1940 - 2007

 

Donnitta C. Hayungs
October 13, 1940 - August 20, 2007

Garner – Donnitta “Doni” C. Hayungs, 66, of Garner died Monday (August 20, 2007) at the Muse Norris Hospice Inpatient Unit in Mason City.

Funeral services will be held 10:30 A.M., Friday at the United Methodist Church in Garner with Rev. David Wagner officiating. Burial will be in Concord Township Cemetery in Garner.

Visitation will be held from 5 to 8 P.M., Thursday at the Cataldo Funeral Chapel in Garner and will continue one hour prior to services at the church.

Donnitta “Doni” Carroll Hayungs, the daughter of Donald Clark and Bernadine Elaine (Lundy) Standley, was born October 13, 1940 at Klemme. She graduated from Clear Lake High School in 1958 and then began working for Northwestern Bell Telephone Company in Garner as an operator. On November 8, 1960 she was married to Robert Hayungs at West Memphis, Arkansas. They lived in various cities and locations around the U.S. and across the globe. In March of 1979 Bob retired from the military and the family moved to Garner where Doni managed Casey’s General Store and worked at the Goodnature Annex. Doni and Bob also owned and operated the Modern Cleaners in Garner for a number of years. In 1993, Doni began attending NIACC graduating with an AA degree in 1995. She worked at the Workforce Center in Mason City for a time and then Curries in Mason City before retiring in 2000. She enjoyed her
family, especially her two grandsons, her beloved dog, Katie Jo, camping in Minnesota, having coffee with her friends and motorcycling.

She was a member of the United Methodist Church, Homemakers Club and was a past member of the Garner Wa-Tan-Ye Club.

Doni is survived by her two children, Denise Back (Jon Nelson) of Klemme and Scott (Sue) Hayungs of Rochester, MN; her significant other, Joe Shafer of Garner; two grandchildren, Dakota Back of Klemme and Shawn Hayungs of Rochester; a brother, Donald (Lois) Standley of Garner; two sisters, Cindy (Ray) Koelm of Altamont, IL and Katherine (Keith) Kimbrough of Mt. Pleasant, IA; a sister-in-law, Linda Standley of Navarre, FL; and many nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Robert, June 26, 1991; parents; and a brother, James Allen Lundy Standley.

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