Thursday, December 19th, 2019
Donna Moden
Donna Jeanne (Grapner) Moden, age 81 of Celina, Ohio passed away on Saturday, December 14, 2019 at State of the Heart Care in Wayne Hospital in Greenville.
She was born on June 14, 1938 in Toledo, Ohio to the late Lloyd M. and M. Margaret (Tucker) Grapner. On June 12, 1957 she married Don Moden, who died on December 18, 2019.
Donna is survived by her three children; Mark Alan (Kim) Moden of St. Marys, Richard Eugene (Jennifer) Moden of Coshocton and Rebecca Sue (Terry) Roberts of Ridgeville, IN. Six grandchildren; Trevor Moden, Dalton Moden, Konnor Moden, Jeff Roberts, Erika Roberts-Beitler, Mitchel Roberts, and four great grandchildren; Keaten Roberts, Kaylyn Roberts, Zavier Roberts and Adalyn Moden. One sister Imogene Lawhead, Portland, IN, two sisters-in-law; Rose Marie Grapner of Portland and Norma Moden of Celina, two brothers-in-law; Bill (Martha) Moden of Oak Grove, LA., and Delbert Tangeman of Ducan, SC.
She was preceded in death by her parents, husband, daughter Julie Ann Moden, brother Ralph Lewis Grapner, Brothers-in-law; Tom Lawhead, Richard (Rosalie) Moden and her sister-in-law Betty Tangeman.
Donna graduated from Celina High School and was a cook and Housekeeper for the Briarwood Manor in Coldwater, until she retired in 2007. Donna was a member of the former Montezuma Church of Christ in Montezuma. She was very active in her church, were she taught Sunday School, Vacation Bible School and was a member of the Triangle Guild. She attended Bethany United Methodist Church in Celina.
A combined funeral service for Donna and Donald will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Monday, Dec. 23, 2019 at the Lehman-Dzendzel Funeral Home in Celina, with Rev. Lowell Roberts and Cliff Beck officiating. Burial will follow in the Mercer Memory Gardens in Celina.
Friends may call from 2:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. on Sunday, Dec. 22, 2019 at the funeral Home and an hour before services on Monday.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Cancer Association of Mercer County P.O. Box 624, Celina, Ohio 45822.
Condolences may be shared on-line at LehmanDzendzelfuneralhome.com.