Donna M. Carmichael

Donna Mae Carmichael of Maryville, MO, passed peacefully from this life on June 20, 2024, to meet her Savior and those who have gone before.  She died at the age of 92 years.  Her Life journey was marked by kindness, generosity and love.

Donna Mae, the fourth born child of Elmer Baker Hanna and Lerita Lett Hanna, entered our world on January 28, 1932, and along with her five siblings grew up in rural Nodaway County Missouri.  She attended Long Branch Grade School and graduated from Pickering High School in 1950.  One highlight was being crowned 1948 Queen of the Pickering Horse Show.

She attended Northwest Missouri State College following HS graduation the next two summers.  She taught grades 1-8 in a one room country school, Mt. Pleasant Grade School for two consecutive school years.

Donna married her high school sweetheart, John Carmichael, Jr, on May 28, 1952, at the Hanna family farm near Pickering, MO.  They left immediately for Long Island, NY, where Jr was stationed in the US Army.  The couple met lifelong friends while stationed there.

She is survived by her daughter, Dee Ann (Ron) Church of Beverly, KS, grandsons, John (Shanley) Morton and Justin Wilmes, of Maryville.  Extended family includes Kelsey (Dan) Challans, Mallorie, Michael, Makenna, Miles Marshall; Brandon (Krystal) Church, Russell, Benjamin; and Tyler (Courtney) Church, Tripp and Clara.

Also surviving are her sisters, Ethelda (Billy) Owens of Stewartsville, MO, and Deanna Hilton (friend, Allen Hall) of Tabor, IA, sister-in-law Marquerite Carmichael of Maryville, and several nieces, nephews and a host of friends.

Preceding Donna in death were her parents, her husband John Carmichael, Jr, her brothers Bill Hanna, and Francis Hanna (died in infancy), her sister Doris Hatcher-Sample, sister-in-law Hazel Bleich, and brothers-in-law Virgil Carmichael, Ralph Hatcher, Byron Sample, and Gene Hilton.

Donna spent 30 years of her life serving her county as Deputy and Recorder of Deeds.  Prior employment was with Lloyd Chain Corp and Sears, Roebuck & Co in Maryville.  She was a member of the Maryville First United Methodist Church, the Ester Circle and BPW club.  Family vacations were enjoyed each summer.

Family and friends will remember Donna’s artistic design abilities and organizational skills, which included caregiver for both parents, celebrating family birthdays, holidays, hosting card parties and being the official family historian.

Donna’s family deeply appreciates the special care of Rob and Sylvia Church, Toni Schafer, Nodaway Nursing Home, Three Rivers Hospice and Bram Funeral Home.

Services for Donna will be on Monday, June 24, 2024, at 11:00 AM, at the Bram Funeral Home, Maryville, MO.  The family will be there one hour prior to the service.

The family will receive friends from 4-6:00 PM, on Sunday, June 23, 2024, at the Bram Funeral Home.

Memorials are suggested to the Alzheimer’s Association of American, 322 8th Avenue, 16th Floor, New York, NY 10001