Donna Primuth

Donna Primuth

July 12, 1929 - March 4, 2024

Donna Primuth, age 94, passed away on Monday, March 4, 2024 at Waupun Christian Homestead.

Donna was the daughter of the late Henry Patrick and Belle (Brouillard) Slattery.  She was born July 12, 1929 in Iowa City, Iowa.  On December 31, 1953 she married Roy Carl Primuth in Chicago.

Their children are David Roy (James Ueda) Primuth and Debra Ann Bruins; grandchildren, Benjamin (Sarah) Bruins, Daniel (Ashley) Bruins and Peter Bruins (Susan Endres); greatgrandchildren, Jonah, Asher, Esther, Trey and Laney Bruins.

Donna graduated from Ottumwa High School, Ottumwa, Iowa and Northwest Missouri State College in Maryville, Missouri.  She taught school in Des Moines, Iowa; Columbiaville, Michigan; and at Bain Elementary in Kenosha, Wisconsin; retiring after thirty years of teaching.

She was a member of Gideon International and Messiah Lutheran church for over sixty years.  She was also a member of the Wisconsin Education Association and Wisconsin Retired Educators’ Association.

Donna is preceded in death by her husband, Roy Carl Primuth; two children, Danny Carl and Dawn Ann Primuth; son-in-law, Paul Bruins; and her parents.