Donna Elaine Guthrie was born to Lyle and Barbara (Hilderbrand) Hesby on May 13, 1950 at Brighton, Colorado. She obtained her G.E.D. at Minnesota West Community Technical College in Jackson and also completed the medical secretary program at Minnesota West.

She was married to Lincoln Guthrie. Donna has been a Milford resident since 1989. She lived in International Falls, MN and Jackson, MN before becoming a Milford resident.

Donna died at her home in Milford on Thursday, March 30, 2006. She was 55 years of age.

She enjoyed scrapbooking, history research, gardening, reading and spending time with family.
She is survived by her husband, Lincoln Guthrie of Milford, two daughters, Barbara (Tweedt) Salinas and her husband Jeff of Owatonna, MN and Dena (Tweedt) Adams and her husband, Terry of Milford, five grandchildren, Christopher, Cody and Larissa Salinas, Scott and Robert Adams. Survivors also include her mother, Barbara Hesby of Milford, IA, sisters, DiAnne (Larry) Koob of St. Cloud, MN, Debbi Smeeth (Ghislain) of Thunder Bay, Canada, Delores (Dennis) Kleine, Marshall, MN, Dee Rae (Dale) Vortherms of Spirit Lake, IA; and brothers, Denny Hesby of Denver, CO, Douglas (Idella) Hesby of Milford, IA, Danny (Karin) Hesby of Rochester, MN. and Dana (Rhonda) Hesby of Spencer, IA

She was preceded in death by her son, Thomas W. Peterson, Jr., father, Lyle Hesby and two brothers.

IN MEMORY
Donna Elaine Guthrie
May 13, 1950
March 30, 2006

SERVICE
Turner Funeral Home
Milford, Iowa
Monday, April 3, 2006 - 1:30 PM

CLERGY
Rev. Tim Nappe

MUSIC
Amazing Grace
In The Garden
Bob Floss, Vocal and Keyboard

HONORARY BEARERS
Scott Adams
Robert Adams
Derek Patton
Larissa Salinas

PALLBEARERS
Clifford Bahr
Dana Hesby
Danny Hesby
Denny Hesby
Chris Salinas
Cody Salinas

INTERMENT
Sunset Cemetery
Jackson, Minnesota

Gone but not Forgotten If we had one lifetime wish One dream that would come true We’d pray to God so hard For yesterday and you The things we feel so deeply Are the hardest things to say But we, your family, love you In a very special way. They say memories are golden Well, maybe that is true But we never wanted memories We only wanted you. If teardrops were a stairway And heartaches made a lane, We’d walk a path to heaven And bring you back again A thousand times we needed you. A thousand times we’ve cried. If your love could of saved you You would of never died.