Donna Scott Donna Scott, 91, died on July 16, 2024, at Clarissa C. Cook Hospice House, of complications of aspiration pneumonia and old age. She lived such a long life, and she enjoyed just about every minute of it.
Donna May Schuster was born in Buffalo, NY, in 1933, to Frank Gordon Schuster and Orpha Stegmann Schuster. Donna's parents had already had two boys, Gordon and Bob, and since Prohibition ended in 1933, it was always speculated that Donna was conceived because of that. (Even though the math doesn't work out exactly right, it's always been a fun speculation!) Donna lived in Buffalo for a couple years, then St.
Joseph, Missouri, and then the family moved to Cincinnati when she was three. Her father became a manager for Bakers Shoes, and with that came lots more moving around. The family went from Cincinnati to Kansas City by the time she was 5, and then to Cleveland, and eventually to Davenport for her years at Smart Junior High and Davenport High School, now Central.
Donna always thought that she missed out on some school skills because, for example, she'd skipped over some math learning entirely because of all the moves the family had made. Nevertheless, she thrived by the time she reached Davenport High School and made fast friends that lasted a lifetime. From high school she went on to Iowa State University, where she declared an art major.
Her first year at Iowa State she was Harvest Queen. Then she then became Veishea Queen in her sophomore year. Sadly, her tim.
