Donna Ruth Rowland Weidensaul was called home to be with our Lord and Savior in the evening of October 9, 2010. She had lived in the Luther Acres Healthcare Center in Lititz for over five years, where she received warm, loving care from the staff. The care and quality of life was immensely meaningful to her.

Born in Protection, Kansas to the late Lawrence Claude and Martha Leota Dougherty Rowland on April 14, 1934, Donna was the youngest of   ten children. She graduated from Protection High School and attended Fort Hays State College in Kansas. She was fully devoted to her husband, children, and those who had been a part of her life. She held several positions in sales and customer service and volunteered in many capacities for organizations in Lancaster.

Her interests included family, reading, golfing, walking and collecting antiques. She loved to tell people stories about her family, especially about her grandchildren. Donna had a welcoming smile for everyone and she seldom forgot names of people she met.

Donna is survived by her husband, James David Weidensaul, with whom she would have shared fifty-three years of marriage on October 26, 2010. Wanting to be close to her, he lives in a cottage at the Luthercare Community.

Donna leaves three children: James Carroll Weidensaul and his wife Laura of Lancaster, Mary Kathryn Barge and her husband Bart of Bedford, Wyoming, and   Margaret Anne Smith and her husband James of Lititz.

Donna has six grandchildren that she loved dearly, Douglas James, David Swift and Daniel Rowland Weidensaul and Mary Kathryn, Jon-Paul Lewis, and Gloria Ruth Smith. She was very mindful and supportive of their many talents.

She is also survived by four siblings: Victor Rowland, Barbara Sangster and Kathryn Hoover, all of Pratt, Kansas and J.D. Rowland of Rogers, Arkansas.

Donna was a member of Trinity Lutheran Church in Lancaster.

There will be a Memorial Celebration of her life at the Luther Acres Healthcare Chapel, Lititz, PA on Saturday, October 23, 2010 at 2:00PM with Rev. Timothy Mentzer of Trinity Lutheran Church officiating.

A memorial fund in memory of Donna's life, particularly at Luthercare is being dedicated and administered by Caring funds at 600 E. Main Street, Lititz, Pa 1754. Arrangements are by the Charles F. Snyder Jr. Funeral Home & Crematory. To send online condolences, please visit, SnyderFuneralHome.com. Charles F. Snyder Jr. Funeral Home & Crematory, 560-5100.