Donna Lee Nelson Obituary

We are sad to announce that on May 30, 2023 we had to say goodbye to Donna Lee Nelson of Waterloo, Iowa, born in Detroit, Michigan. Leave a sympathy message to the family in the guestbook on this memorial page of Donna Lee Nelson to show support.

She was predeceased by: her parents, Irwin Diamond Warren and Euphrasia "Fran" Walburga Marsili Warren; her parents-in-law, Agnes Eldona Maher Nelson and Joseph Robert Nelson; her daughter-in-law Jody Westemeier Nelson; her siblings, Mary Ellen Molinaro (Robert), Deborah Warren Kennedy, Frances Warren, Jenny Mae, John Warren and Irwin George "Oogie" Warren (Mary Ellen) of Waterloo; her brothers-in-law, Kenneth Nelson (Jane) and Ray Stanford; and her nieces and nephews, Henry Molinaro, John Bergstrom, Gina Warren and Christina Warren.

She is survived by: her husband Verner D. Nelson, Sr. of Waterloo; her children, Verner Donald Nelson Jr. of Waterloo, Lisa Nelson Mitrovich (Robert) of Los Angeles and Elizabeth Nelson O'Malley (David) of Waterloo; her grandchildren, Verner Donald Nelson III (Jenna) of Waterloo, Nonalee O'Malley of Panama City, FL, Jameson Mitrovich of Los Angeles, Reggie O'Malley of Waterloo, Jill Vaassen (Ryan) of Dubuque and Brooke Schiesl (Jesse) of Dubuque; her great grandchildren, Isabella Nelson, Verner Donald Nelson IV, Blake O'Malley, Connor Mills, Kamryn Mills, Brynnleigh Vaasen, Brycen Hein and Landon Schiesl; and her sisters-in-law, Betty Stanford of Waterloo and Sandra Warren.

She was the regional fundraising chair of the American Cancer Society, the chair of the Otto Schoitz Foundation Board, and the chair of the Waterloo Chamber of Commerce Board. She was on the board of the United Way, the American Heart Association, and the Salvation Army, among countless other organizations.