Donna M. Straka

Boscobel, Wisconsin Donna M. Straka, 74, of Boscobel, Wisconsin, formerly of Hazel Green and Wauzeka, died Sunday, November 13, 2011, at Boscobel Care and Rehab in Boscobel. Services will be 11:00 a.m. Friday, November 18, 2011, at the Kendall Funeral Home in Boscobel with Pastor Stan Pegram officiating. Burial will be in the Wauzeka Cemetery. Friends may call from 4-8 p.m. Wednesday, at Casey Funeral Home & Cremation Services in Cuba City. Friends may also call from 4-8 p.m. Thursday, at Kendall Funeral Home in Boscobel and from 9:30-10:30 a.m. Friday at the funeral home. Donna was born on February 18, 1937, in Hazel Green, Wisconsin, the daughter of Arthur James Sr. and Minnie (Crooks) Birkett. Donna married John M Straka on June 13, 1987. Donna worked as a certified nursing assistant at the Hazel Green Hospital and the Galena Strauss Nursing Home. Donna was active in the Methodist Church in Hazel Green, Wauzeka and Boscobel. She was also a member of the Lions and American Legion Auxiliary in Wauzeka. She loved bowling, gardening, fishing, deer hunting, and growing flowers. Survivors include her husband, John, of Wauzeka; a daughter, Kori (Ryan) Kruser, of Monroe; three sons, John (Denise) Fields, of Benton, Jackie (Missy Kevorkian) Fields, of West Harrison, IN; and Timothy (Becky) Fields, of Dickeyville; two brothers, Douglas Birkett, of Lodi, and Paul S. Birkett, of Benton; eleven grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents; her first husband, Raymond Fields, and her second husband, Gene Hornbeck; three brothers, Art, Robert and Calvin; and two sisters, Helen Freyhage and Dixie Tomlinson.