Donna Dotzert

Donna Rodenberry Dotzert, 57, of Cape Girardeau died Friday, Dec. 9, 2005, at Ratliff Care Center in Cape Girardeau.

She was born on July 16, 1948, in Cape Girardeau, the daughter of Benjamin Dale and Coletta F. McMullin Pinkerton.

She was a member of the First Church of God, attended La Croix Church Small Groups and the Tuesday Lunch Bunch. She was a 1966 graduate of Central High School and attended Southeast Missouri State University.

She was a secretary for the Chateau Girardeau retirement community for 10 years.

Survivors include her mother, Coletta Koch of Cape Girardeau; two daughters, Tammy Murakami and husband Mark of Cape Girardeau, Denise Cook and husband PeeWee of Sedgewickville, Mo.; three grandchildren, Derel Cook, Colton Cook and Julie Murakami; and many friends.

She was preceded in death by her father and by a sister, Brenda Kaye Pinkerton.

Friends may call from noon to 2 p.m. Monday at Ford and Sons Mount Auburn Funeral Home.

The funeral will be at 2 p.m. Monday at the funeral home, with the Rev. Mark Ramsey officiating.

Burial will be in Lorimier Cemetery in Cape Girardeau.

Memorials may be made to the Cape Girardeau chapter of the American Cancer Society or Southeast Hospice.