Darlene B. (Waldron) Dornath

 United States

  • Date Of Birth: July 3, 1930
  • Date Of Death: December 11, 2020
  • State: Iowa

Darlene Bernice (Waldron) Dornath, 90, of Thor, IA, passed away peacefully in her sleep on December 11, 2020.  She was born on July 3, 1930, in Fort Dodge, IA, to L.W. and Hattie (Larson) Waldron.  She moved to Bozeman, MT, with her parents in 1944 and graduated from high school there. Darlene went on to earn a B.A. in elementary education from Pacific Lutheran College in Tacoma, WA, in 1952, and taught elementary school in both Bozeman, MT, and Seattle, WA. She married Meinhard Dornath on November 20, 1957, and moved to Iowa where they operated her family’s century farm and began a family. She and Meinhard were two of the original sales team for the O’s Gold Seed Corn Co., affording them several opportunities to travel abroad.
Darlene was baptized, raised, and confirmed in the Lutheran faith. During the late 1950’s, she served as the National Recording Secretary for the Lutheran Daughters of the Reformation.
She is survived by her three children: Michael Dornath, Eagle Grove, IA, Michelle (Jeruld) Dornath-Mohr, Bozeman, MT/Grant, AL, Katherine Dornath Cook, Eagle Grove, IA; seven grandchildren: Rebekah Mohr, Bozeman, MT, Naomi Mohr, Huntsville, AL, Hannah Mohr, Los Alamos, NM, Tabitha Mohr, Bozeman, MT, Seth Cook, Badger, IA, Thaddaeus Cook, Eagle Grove, IA, and Anna Cook, Eagle Grove, IA; great-granddaughter Zoe Bengston, Bozeman, MT; her faithful dog Treble and cat Snoopy; cousin Naomi Johnston, Livingston, MT; nephew Jerrold (Alice) Jimmerson, Manson, IA; many nieces and nephews on the Dornath side, and brother-in-law and sister-in-law Elven (Jody) Dornath, Humboldt, IA; She also leaves behind many friends, especially her beloved coffee ladies in Humboldt. She was preceded in death by her husband, parents, granddaughter Clair Cook, half-sister and brother-in-law Dorothy and Noress Larson, father and mother-in-law John and Meinhardine (Zimmerman) Dornath, brothers-in-laws and sisters-in-laws Minnie (Jack) Knudtson, Vivian (Glen) Wergland, Florence (Harold) Belverud.

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