Donzella Strunk

Donzella Strunk, 82 of Mountain Grove, Missouri, was born July 30, 1942, in the Lynchburg area to Earl and Violet (Sirdoreus) Mings. She passed away October 28, 2024, at Mercy Hospital, Springfield, Missouri. 

Donzella professed her faith in Christ at a young age. She excelled in school and was known for her volleyball skills at Plato High School. Her abilities earned her the nickname “Shotgun”.

After high school, she attended beauty school and started her own shop in Mountain Grove, where she met her husband, Hubert Strunk. They married on February 16, 1963, in Ava, Missouri. After being wed, the couple lived in Raytown, Missouri for twenty years. In 1980, they bought a farm in the Mountain Grove area where they lived for many years.

Besides her parents, Donzella was preceded in death by one daughter, Janice Marie Strunk, and one brother, Raymond Mings.

She is survived by her husband, Hubert, one daughter, Janette (Strunk) O’Dell and her husband, Paul, one grandson, Kyle Massey, one great-grandson, Ruger Massey, three sisters, Wanda Myers, Vera Holvrick, and Freeda Forman, and other relatives and friends.