Dona Lappe | 1933 - 2023
Obituaries-Pierre / Posted Oct 30, 2023 | 4:33 PM / 365 views
HIGHMORE, SD –
Dona M. Lappe, 89, of Highmore, passed away Friday, October 27, 2023, at Highmore Health.
Memorial service will be 10:30 a.m., Friday, November 3, 2023, at the Harrold School Gym with Rev. Teresa Whetsel officiating. Burial be at Medicine Hill Cemetery, Harrold, at a later date.
Dona Mae was born December 12, 1933, to George and Goldie (French) Watters near Platte, South Dakota. Dona was the youngest of 12 children. In 1949, she married Orville Salathe in Deadwood, South Dakota. Orville and Dona had three children: Denis, Robert, and Barbara. Orville passed away in 1958 following a car accident. Dona remarried Ambrose Lappe on December 12, 1960. Ambrose and Dona lived on a farm outside of Harrold until they sold it in 1975. They then moved into Harrold.
Dona was an avid seamstress. She made her grandkids blankets, cabbage patch kids, Care Bears, and Barbie clothes. There was nothing that Dona would not do for her grandkids. She enjoyed attending their sports events and other activities. Dona also enjoyed playing cards, gardening, camping with family, and a mad game of marbles. Dona loved her dogs Ringo, Shelly, Puddles, JD, Dyna, and Salty. She claimed to not love her cats, but we all knew better.
She is survived by her daughter, Barb (David) Hobert; her 10 grandchildren; 26 great-grandchildren; 10 great-great-grandchildren; and a host of nieces and nephews.
Preceding her in death were her parents, George and Goldie; her husbands, Orville and Ambrose; and her sons, Denis and Robert; 11 siblings; and several nieces and nephews.
Luze Funeral Home of Highmore has been entrusted with Dona’s arrangements. Visit www.familyfuneralhome.net
