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Donna L. Gatz

1937 - 2025

Donna L. Gatz obituary, 1937-2025, Portland, Or

BORN

1937

DIED

2025

FUNERAL HOME

Johnson Funeral Home - Waconia

141 1st Street East

Waconia, Minnesota

Donna Gatz Obituary

Donna Lee Gatz, age 89, of Portland, Oregon, formerly Waconia, Minnesota, passed away Tuesday, July 15, 2025 at Brookside Care Center in Portland, Oregon.

Memorial Services will be held August 8, 2025 at 11 a.m. at the Historic Zoar Moravian Church (8265 CR 10 E) in Waconia. Visitation one hour prior to the service. Interment for both Donna and her husband, Leon Gatz, will take place following the service. In lieu of flowers, memorials are preferred.

Survived by her daughters Julie (Stephen) Jones of Kingwood, TX, Lisa (Thomas) Werner of Portland, OR; four grandchildren; four great-grandchildren.

Arrangements are with the Johnson Funeral Home in Waconia, 952-442-2121, www.johnsonfh.com.

To plant trees in memory, please visit the Sympathy Store.

Published by Sun Patriot on Jul. 29, 2025.

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Aug

8

Visitation

10:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.

Historic Zoar Moravian Church

8265 CR 10 E, Waconia, MN 55387

Aug

8

Memorial service

11:00 a.m.

Historic Chapel at Zoar Moravian Church

8265 CR 10 E, Waconia, MN 55387

Funeral services provided by:

Johnson Funeral Home - Waconia

141 1st Street East, Waconia, MN 55387

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