Donna Lincoln August 9, 1928 �?¯�?¿�?½�?¯�?¿�?½“ April 15, 2010
Donna Lincoln, 81, of Farmington, NM. died Thursday, April 15, 2010 at the Bee Hive Home III from complications of Parkinson’s Disease. She was born August 9, 1928 in New Brighton Village, MN. and lived in Minneapolis, MN. until 1971 when she and her family moved to Palo Alto, CA. There she was active with Theater Works and the Sierra Club. Donna was an avid outdoor enthusiast and yoga practioner. She retired from the City of Palo Alto in 1994 where she had been employed as a groundskeeper caring for popular city parks of which her favorite was Mitchell Park. She moved to Farmington, NM. in 2003 to be near one of her children: Lisa and Gusek and her family, husband Jack Carlsen and their children Ky, Stephanie and Roy Carlsen. Donna was married to Edward Gusek for 25 years.
She is survived by four daughters, one son and eight grandchildren.
Memorial sevices will be held in California
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in Donna’s memory at the Michael J. Fox Foundation, TributesGifts, Church Street Station, P.O. Box 780, New York, New York 10008-0780 (on-line at http://www.michaeljfox.org/help honorMemoryGifts.cfm) or at California State Parks Foundation, Attn: Bonnie Davis, 50 San Francisco Street, Ste. 110, San Francisco, CA. 94133 (on-line at http;//www.calparks.org). Please note Donna’s name on the check or on an accompanying note.