Donna J. Nowak

Donna J. Nowak, of Naples, FL, formerly of Maumee, passed away on January 9, 2023. She was born August 21, 1930, in Toledo, OH to Helen and Lester Luettke Sr.

Donna graduated from Libbey and Whitney High Schools in 1948. After attending Wartburg College, she moved to Houston, Texas where she worked as a church secretary and where she met her future husband Richard Nowak who was also from Toledo. They married in 1953. They had three boys, Mark (Jacque), Dale, and Dean (Jenny); four grandchildren, Connie, Victoria, Ciara and MacKenzie and three great-grandchildren, Keegan, Brooklyn and Olivia. Donna is also survived by her sister, Barbara Emptage. She is preceded in death by her brother, Lester Luettke Jr.

Donna enjoyed painting, golfing, fishing, playing bunco with her sister and was an accomplished bowler. She was a volunteer and lifelong member at St. Petri Church in Toledo. Donna will be remembered as caring and generous to everyone who crossed her path in life.

Family and friends will be received at Maison-Dardenne-Walker Funeral Home, 501 Conant, Maumee on Friday, January 13, 2023, from 2 PM to 7 PM. The funeral service will be held at St. Petri Church, 3120 S Byrne Rd, Toledo, OH on Saturday, January 14, 2023, at 10 AM. Entombment will follow at Toledo Memorial Park. Online condolences may be shared at walkerfuneralhomes.com.