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Donna Alice Shortreed

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Sweet Home Funeral Chapel

1443 Long St

Sweet Home, Oregon

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Nov. 29, 2025

12:00 p.m.

Gilliland Cemetery

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Donna Shortreed Obituary

Donna Alice Shortreed, 99, of Sweet Home, passed away Wednesday, October 22, 2025. She was born March 8, 1926 to Hilda Alice (Geil) and Franklin Pierce Coulter in Pleasant Valley, Oregon. She has lived in Sweet Home all of her life. Donna worked as a cook at the Elks Lodge, Mollie's Bakery and Busy Bee Drive-In. She was a member of the Cornerstone Fellowship Church. Donna enjoyed doing puzzles, reading, taking walks and planting her petunias. She loved spending time with her family at family gatherings and playing cards (pinochle) with her siblings. She liked to watch Jeopardy and Wheel of Fortune. She is survived by her children: Kim (Connie) Shortreed of Lebanon, Tana Tracewell, Wendy (Phil) Pollock all of Sweet Home; siblings: Dottie Damkowitch, Bonnie Wittwer, Eula McAfee, Larry Coulter, Marian Stone, Gayle Barnes; sister in law Evonne Weaver; 13 grandchildren and several great grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband Harlan Shortreed; daughter Marcy Godell; siblings: Mina Hirschi, Norma Christensen, Jack Coulter, Molly Mosby, Wanda Miner and sister in law Evelyn Robertson.

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Published by KEZI on Oct. 23, 2025.

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Graveside service

12:00 p.m.

Gilliland Cemetery

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1443 Long St, Sweet Home, OR 97386

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