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Donna K. Krauss

By T.J. Woodward

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Donna K. Krauss, 79, of Livonia, formerly of Perry, passed away Sunday October 18, 2015 at the Livingston County Center for Nursing and Rehabilitation in Mt. Morris surrounded by her loving family. She was born January 18, 1936 in Sidney, New York to the late Ralph (Frances Marion Halbert) Colling. She is preceded in death by her husband Harold C. Krauss who died October 23, 2006; daughter Autumn Krauss who died in 1992 and brother William Collings who died in 2013.

Donna was a graduate of Perry Central School. She retired from the former Champion Products in Perry where she was an order editor. She was a member of the Brick Presbyterian Church in Perry , where she was a former Sunday school teacher and was involved in their bible study group. She enjoyed cooking, doing crossword puzzles, embroidery and spending time with her family.

She is survived by daughters April (James) Blum of Livonia, Brenda (Richard) Simpson of Perry;  son Christopher Krauss of Livonia; sisters Deborah (James) Yamonaco of Leicester, Kimberly Collings of Mt. Morris; brothers Ernie (Linda) Collings of Silver Lake, Rusty (Judy) Collings of N. Carolina, Keith (Charlene) Collings of Perry, Colin Kelly of Sidney, NY; 4 grandchildren Jolynn (Daniel) Kemp, Krista Krauss, Cory and Kelsi Blum; 4 great grandchildren Brayden, Annabelle and Sophia Kemp, Sylass Osborne along with many nieces and nephews.

Family and friends may call from 4-8pm on Thursday October 22, 2015 at the Eaton-Watson Funeral Home, LLC. 98 North Main Street Perry, New York 14530 .A Memorial service will be held on Friday October 23rd at 11:00AM at the funeral home. She will be laid to rest in Glenwood Cemetery in Perry.

In lieu of flowers memorials may be made to United Cerebral Palsy 1825 K Street NW Suite 600 Washington, DC 20006 or visit ucp.org. For more information please call (585) 237-2626 or to leave a message of condolence please visit www.eatonwatsonfuneralhome.com. Arrangements completed by Eaton-Watson Funeral Home, LLC. 98 North Main Street Perry, New York 14530.

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