Donna Piersall Schnackenberg, 83, passed away peacefully at home, surrounded by her family on October 3, 2016. She was born September 10, 1933 in Kiowa, KS. She moved to Oklahoma as a young child and graduated from Capron High School in Capron, OK. She briefly attended Northwestern State College in Alva, OK, and then went to work for a local bank in Hardtner, KS. It was here she met her future husband, Teddy Keith Piersall, whom she married in 1953. They had two children, Keith Ray and Sheri Jeanne in the next few years, while living on the family farm.

Donna and her family moved to Anthony, KS in 1958 where she worked as a cook for the combined elementary/high school, which allowed her to be home for her children each afternoon. Once her children were in grade school, she started working for the City Clerk's office in Anthony until the mid-80's when she retired. Her husband, Ted, passed away suddenly in 1982. In 1985, she was re-married to John Schnackenberg, who showed her the world. Together they travelled and spent winters in Florida, while still remaining active in their church. John died in 2009, and in 2011 Donna moved to Kansas City to live with her daughter, Sheri.

Donna was a good Christian woman who found the Lord at an early age. She showed a love and kindness towards all, which included volunteering with her church in Anthony and being a friend to everyone she met. She loved to sew, making clothes for her daughter until she was in high school. One of her favorite things to do in Kansas City was to sit on her front porch every day and wave to anyone and everyone who passed by. Her sweet, radiant smile and her blown kisses helped bring together those who lived around her and made them into a true neighborhood. Donna had many friends in Anthony and Kansas City and she will be lovingly missed and remembered by them all.

Donna was preceded in death by her parents, Ray and Orra Olson; two sisters, Mina Mae McKay and Ethel Rugg; infant son, Kent; husband Ted Piersall; son Keith Piersall; step-daughter Jana Hirschman; and second husband John Schnackenberg. She is survived by her daughter, Sheri Piersall; step-daughter Kathy Aldridge and husband Al; step-son J.D. Schnackenberg and wife Janice; step-daughter Angie Cloud and husband Mark; step-son-in-law Don Hirschman; and her many nieces and nephews, grandchildren and great-grandchildren.

Funeral services will be held 10:30 a.m. Friday, October 7, 2016 at the Revolution Fellowship Church, 408 N Santa Fe in Anthony, Kansas with Pastor Kent Olds officiating. Burial will follow in the Hardtner Cemetery, Hardtner, Kansas.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Revolution Fellowship and may be sent in care of the funeral home.

Prairie Rose Funeral Homes, 602 E. Main St., Anthony, KS 67003, is in charge of arrangements.