Donna Mae Predeek Annen, 89, a lifelong resident of Mt. Angel, died peacefully on September 24, 2025. She was born in Mt. Angel on November 5, 1935, the youngest child of William and Elizabeth (Hug) Predeek. She married Alcuin (Ed) Annen in 1953 and thus began her life as a homemaker and mother of five children. She spent many a Saturday taking her children to the library or roller-skating and to the beach in the summer. When her youngest child was in high school, she began her next career as an educational assistant at Monitor Elementary School where she worked for 22 years helping generations of children learn to read, write, do math and art. She loved to bake and the Monitor School staff, the St. Mary parish staff, her children and grandchildren enjoyed her cookies and other goodies regularly. She was a prolific seamstress and sewed many aprons and other things for friends and relatives. Her pillows and blankets were donated to children's hospitals and hospice organizations. Her husband Ed passed away in 2002. She continued to live on the family farm until 2021 when she moved into the Mt. Angel Towers. Donna was a woman of strong faith who prayed for her family daily.

She is survived by her sister, Dorothy Holmes; her children, Merry (Ray) Ballweber, James (Marilyn) Annen, Rosie (Randy) Wavra, Ruthie Pomeroy and Rob (Julie) Annen; her grandchildren, Justin (Bri) Ballweber, Blake Ballweber, Erika (Nathan) Bunch, Karlene (Dax Windham) Annen, Andrea (Joe) Pfau, Amanda Wavra, Garrett Wavra, Kenda Wavra, Nick Pomeroy and Doug (Karly) Pomeroy; and seven great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents; her brothers Clarence, Wilbert, Paul and Raymond Predeek; her sisters Verna Scharbach, Marie Predeek and Mildred Miller; her husband, Ed Annen; and her son-in-law Phil Pomeroy.  Funeral Services will be held at St. Mary Catholic Church in Mt. Angel with a rosary at 7 pm on Wednesday, October 1, 2025 and a funeral Mass at 11 am on Thursday, October 2, 2025.