Donna Jean Kinney

Donna Jean Kinney, age 93 of Hastings, Michigan, passed away on March 21, 2021. She was born on April 26, 1927 in Hastings, the daughter of John and Marjorie (Karcher) Bachelder. She lived in Freeport and attended school there until she was 10, when she moved to Hastings.

Donna graduated from Hastings High School in 1945, where she was a member of the National Honor Society. She was on the Hastings Alumni Board for many years, serving as the treasurer for several years and received the Alumnus of the Year Award.

Donna worked for 26 years for the City of Hastings as City Clerk and during that time represented the city on the Barry County Board of Supervisors for several years. Upon retirement, she and her husband Loyal "Bill" spent winters in motor homes in the south playing cards, golfing, and dancing, which they both enjoyed. On their second year of retirement, they took a 45-day freighter cruise from New Jersey through the Panama Canal and down the west coast of South America. She belonged to the GFWC Hastings Women's Club for many years serving on the board twice and as treasurer for several years. She also received the Women of Achievement Award. She volunteered in the hospital gift shop and served on the hospital auxiliary board. She was a member of the Green Street United Methodist Church and served on various finance committees.

Donna was preceded in death by her parents, husband Loyal "Bill" Kinney and son Robert Lee Kinney.

She is survived by her daughter-in-law Susan Kinney, grandson Matthew Kinney and his four children, granddaughter Julie DeGroot and her two children, cousins Joyce Morgan and Carol Benner and a niece Joanne Howe.

A funeral service will be held on Saturday, March 27 at 11:00 AM with a visitation one our prior at Green Street United Methodist Church, 209 W Green St, Hastings, MI 49058. The service will be livestreamed at www.facebook.com/GirrbachFuneralHome . You do not need an account to view it.  In lieu of flowers, donations in memory of Donna can be made to the Green Street United Methodist Church or Blossom's House Animal Rescue Service in Harbor Springs, MI at www.blossomshouse.org. Arrangements by Girrbach Funeral Home. To leave an online condolence visit www.girrbachfuneralhome.net.