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Donna M. Wood, age 83, of Lincoln, passed away on Friday, Jan. 20, 2012, at Holmes Lake Manor in Lincoln. Visitation was held on Monday, Jan. 23, 2012, from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. with a rosary starting at 7 p.m. at the Lincoln Memorial Funeral Home in Lincoln. A Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated on Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2012, at 11 a.m. at the Blessed Sacrament Church, 1720 Lake St. in Lincoln. Interment was in the Lincoln Memorial Park in Lincoln. Lincoln Memorial Funeral Home in Lincoln was in charge of arrangements. Donna was born on Jan. 5, 1929, to Roy and Ann Rotherham in Ewing. She graduated salutatorian of the class of 1947, in Ewing. She married Lester Wood of Page on Dec. 27, 1947, at Saint Peter's Church in Ewing. Donna and Lester moved to Lincoln in 1953, where she was a homemaker, day-care provider and longtime receptionist at a dentist office. She loved to read, play cards, tend her garden and spend time with her family. Donna is survived by her daughters: Kathleen (Steve) Ruby of Denver, CO, Cindy Graham, Mary Jo (Mike) Hussey and Lori Wood, all of Lincoln, and Kris Wood of Omaha; a son: Terry (Lynne) Wood of Omaha; 21 grandchildren; 21 great-grandchildren; sisters: Betty Hawthorne of Albion, Bernadine (Leo) O'Malley of O'Neill and Sharon Ward of Ewing; brother: Edward "Butch" (Carol) Rotherham of Ewing; sisters-in-law: Karen (Jerry) Rotherham of Ewing, Marge (Vince) Rotherham of Crawford and Claudia (Jim) Rotherham of Lander, WY. She was preceded in death by her husband, Lester; parents; brothers: Pat, Jim, Vince and Jerry; baby, Michael Rotherham; sister, Geraldine Wright and brothers-in-law and sisters-in-law. Memorials in care of the family and condolences to www.lincolnfh.com,
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