Ladonna Stuber

LaDonna Jo Stuber, 72, formerly of Creston, went home to be with the Lord on Tuesday, July 14th, at her home in State Center. Her death came peacefully with her loving family at her side and after a courageous battle with cancer. A funeral mass will be celebrated at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, July 18th, at St. Josephs Catholic Church with Fr. Rick Dagit as celebrant. She will be laid to rest in the Hillside Cemetery next to her son, Beaver. Visitation will be held from 6-8:00 p.m. on Friday at the Mitchell Family Funeral Home West Marshall Chapel in State Center. Memorials may be directed to the Marshalltown Animal Rescue League. For condolences, please visit www.mitchellfh.com. Ph 641-483-2900. Donna was born and raised in Creston, Iowa. She and her husband, Bill Glade, moved to State Center in 1973. After moving to State Center she became a member of the Marshall County Legal Secretaries Association, the Iowa Association of Legal Secretaries, and the National Association of Legal Secretaries until the county association closed in the 1990s. She was also a member of St. Josephs Catholic Church, a former officer of the Council of Catholic Women, and a 3rd/4th grade religious educational teacher for the past five years. Her career took her on many paths. In May 1955, she was hired as a secretary in the Directors Office at the Internal Revenue Service in Des Moines and a year later was promoted and became the secretary to the Director of Vocation, Rehabilitation, and Educational Services for the Veterans Administration in Des Moines. In June 1956, Donna moved to Schilling Air Force Base in Salina, Kansas. Donna was secretary at the base to Colonel Adams, Director of the 802nd Air Base Squadron. She later transferred to the Pilot Automotive Shop which was one of three testing labs for the United State Air Force. She worked for the lab a little over a year and was hired by the Corps of Engineers at Schilling where a 13 Atlas F missile system was to be built. She worked for the Engineering Director in charge of this program. Donna worked until the program was complete and quit to start a family in 1961 and never resumed work again until 1980 when she was a legal secretary to the law firm of Haupert, Robertson, and Robertson in Marshalltown. Donna began working for the Department of Transportation in the Office of Right of Way as the Directors secretary in 1982 where she was working up until her death. She served under the direction of five Directors during that time. Marty Sankey and she worked very closely together after he was appointed Right of Way Director in January 2006. Donnas husband, Bill Glade, died in early January 1995 after a lengthy illness. On July 26, 1995, Donna married a long time friend, Charles Stuber from Roswell, New Mexico, and they have resided in State Center since that time. Donna is survived by her loving husband, Charles L. Stuber of State Center, sons, Ed Glade from Des Moines and Mark Glade of Kenosha, Wisconsin, and daughters, Jai Li (John) Cunningham of Panora, Iowa, and Lacey (Todd) Kifer of State Center. Donna also had eight grandchildren, Tyler Glade Underberg (25) of Grinnell; and Tina Marie Glade of Cleveland, Ohio (19), who are children of deceased Beaver Glade; Caitlin Kifer (14); Jake Cunningham (14); Jade Cunningham (12); Gage Glade (12); Willow Li Glade (10); and Jenna Kifer (9). Donna had one brother, Bud Harper of Creston, Iowa. She was preceded in death by her previous husband, Bill Glade; son, Beaver Glade who was killed in a motorcycle/train accident in 1995; her mother and father, Frenchy and Clark Harper; and grandmother, Anna Harper of Creston, Iowa.