Donna Joan Kaiser, 89, of Van Wert, passed away at 5:52 p.m., Thursday at the CHP Inpatient Hospice Center. She was born on August 30, 1927, in Ohio City, the daughter of the late Don Samuel and Vera Gertrude (Hoffman) Brown. On June 14, 1951, she married Harlan Raymond Kaiser who died April 29, 2016. She was also preceded in death by a brother, Edsel W. Brown. Family survivors include her two daughters, Linda L. Kaiser of Newark, Ohio and Deborah S. (Robert A.) Gehres of rural Ohio City; a grandson, Brian J. (Nora) Gehres of Marysville; two great grandchildren, Drew Allen and Anna Elizabeth Gehres; and a brother, Ronald L. (Marcia) Brown of Huntington, Indiana. Donna was a 1945 graduate of Ohio City-Liberty High School and retired from Aeroquip Corp. after 26 years of service. She was baptized and a confirmed member of St. John's Lutheran Church, Ohio City and faithfully attended St. Mark's Lutheran Church, Van Wert. She was a past member of Hyler Chapter #432, Order of Eastern Star. Donna had enjoyed reading, music and travel. Services will be held at 11 a.m., Tuesday, December 20, 2016, at St. Marks Lutheran Church with Rev. William C. Haggis, II officiating. Interment will follow at Ohio City Woodlawn Cemetery. Calling hours are from 9 - 11 a.m., Tuesday prior to the service at the Church. Preferred memorials are to the Brumback Library or the Riley Children's Hospital. Expressions of sympathy may be forwarded at cowanfuneralhome.com.