Donna Jean Devick, 83, passed away on November 07, 2025 at Dougherty Hospice House surrounded by her family.
Donna Jean Devick born October 12, 1942 to Frank and Jean (Zabel) Huizenga.
Donna was the oldest of seven children. The family was raised on a farm near Harrisburg, SD. She attended elementary and high school in the Harrisburg school system and graduated from Harrisburg High School in 1960.
Donna worked at the local Harrisburg Bank on Saturdays while still attending high school and for a few years after graduating. She worked at Union Savings Bank in Sioux Falls then in the Accounting Department at John Morrell for ten years.
Donna was united in marriage with Bill Devick in 1975 and moved to Hawaii where Bill was employed at the Division of Aquatic Resources. Donna was employed by Times Supermarket as a Purchasing clerk from 1975 until retiring in 2002. The couple lived in Hawaii for 42 years before moving back to South Dakota in 2017 after Bill’s retirement.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Frank and Jean Huizenga; her sister and brother-in-law, Evelyn and Chuck Nelson; her brothers, David Huizenga and Dan Huizenga; and her sister and brother-in-law, Beverly and Jerry Peterson, parents-in-law Palmer and Violet (Bakkene) Devick, special friends, Evelyn Kroger, Peggy Nyhaug and numerous aunts and uncles.
Donna is survived by her husband, Bill Devick; brothers, Frank “Butch” (Donie Raye) Huizenga, and Dennis (Stacy) Huizenga, all of Sioux Falls, SD; her sister-in-law, Jeanie Huizenga of Algona, IA; nieces, Mary (Kirk) Johnson, Dawn Nelson, Tammy (Brian) Hanson, Tanya Kruthoff, Christy (Thane) Williams; nephews, Scott (Pam) Peterson and Toby (Patty) Huizenga; great nieces and nephews, Amber and David Hanson, Aidan and Lily Huizenga, Shania Kruthoff, special friends, Coy and Margie Long, Aiea, HI and Melinda, Kassey and Ben Green, Mililani, HI, Betty Fideler, Shirley Dahl, Sioux Falls, SD.
In lieu of flowers please direct memorials to the American Cancer Society or the Sioux Falls Humane Society.
A visitation with family present will be held Friday, November 14, 2025 from 1:00-3:00 pm at Heritage Funeral Home.
Read More
