Obituary of Donna Raffath

Donna Raffath, age 80, a Stow resident for 42 years, passed away on June 25, 2010. Donna was preceded in death by her parents Jesse and Bessie Crum. She is survived by her husband of 58 years, Bert; children Cindy (Dave) Theiler of Marietta, GA, Brenda (David) Friend of Gaithersburg, MD, and Kent Raffath of Dyersburg, TN; two grandchildren, Trenton and Katelyn Theiler, and brother Dick Crum (Mary Ann). Donna was a graduate of Kenmore High School and The University of Akron and she was a proud member of Zeta Tau Alpha sorority. She also greatly treasured the fellowship and friendship of the Prime Time ABF group at The Chapel. Donna enjoyed traveling, sports, bridge and going to the theater. She was an avid bicyclist (1,500 miles one year). In winters, she downhill skied and was previously active with a mixture of hiking, tennis and badminton in warmer months. Donna had toured 32 countries which included bicycling ten days each in The Netherlands, Austria and France. She would tell you that her greatest accomplishment was raising three wonderful children, who graduated from college and never ceased showing their love of their parents. Rev. Lynn Warner will conduct funeral service Tuesday, June 29th at 11 AM in the Memorial Chapel at The Chapel, 135 Fir Hill in Akron, where the family will receive friends from 9:30 AM until service time. Interment Silver Springs Cemetery in Stow.  Donna's video tribute may be seen here.