Donna Rae Senjem

DONNA RAE SENJEM
Donna Rae Senjem, 71, of Hayfield, MN passed away on November 9, 2016, at Mayo Clinic Hospital St. Marys Campus in Rochester from complications of a stroke suffered in April 2015.
The funeral service for Donna Rae Senjem will be 2:00 p.m. Saturday, November 12, 2016, at Evanger Lutheran Church, 33554 ~ 660th Avenue, rural Sargeant, MN. Visitation will be 1:00 ~ 2:00 p.m. on Saturday at the church.
Donna Senjem was born on February 25, 1945, the daughter of Maynard and Marjorie (Lewis) Ehmke in Hayfield. Donna was baptized, confirmed and married at St. Michaels Lutheran Church in Waltham, MN.
Donna was united in marriage to Donald Senjem on June 12, 1965. They made their church home at Evanger Lutheran Church, where she was a long time Sunday School teacher, member of the church council and president of the council.
Donna had many different jobs. She raised a family, worked for Weyerhaeuser in Austin, Brown and Bins Law Office in Rochester, the Art Center, Johnson Drug Store, IBM and Mayo Clinic, where she retired from in 2006. She was adventurous and enjoyed shopping, collecting different antiques, going out for morning coffee, reading, gardening, raising her chickens, and many other family farm activities, traveling, including to Maine where they lived for awhile and visiting her children and grandchildren.
Donna is survived by her husband, Don Senjem, Hayfield, MN; sons, Brian (Pam) Senjem, Superior, CO; Jason (Ferelith) Senjem, two grandchildren, Anna and Lucas Senjem, Davenport, IA; Matt Senjem, Hayfield, MN; two sisters, Bev Remker and Bonnie Sumner and one brother, Brad Ehmke. Donna was preceded in death by her parents, two brothers, Kevin Ehmke in 1998, Leonard Ehmke in 2010, and one sister, Elaine Quill in 2009.
Donna had strong Christian values and supported her children and their spouses and her grandchildren in all their endeavors. She prayed for each one of them every day.
Memorials may be of the donor's choice or Evanger Lutheran Church. Blessed be her memory.
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