Donna Kaye Shearer, age 85, a resident of Columbia, Missouri, and formerly of Breckenridge, Missouri, passed away on Friday, March 8, 2024, with her daughters by her side. Donna was born to Lewis and Ida (Riegel) Crain on March 5, 1939, in Braymer, Missouri. A Breckenridge High School graduate, she married Joseph “Jay” Shearer on December 20, 1959, in Breckenridge. Joseph preceded her in death on February 12, 2023. Donna worked as a bookkeeper for Harden, Cummins, Moss, and Miller in Chillicothe for 30 years.
Her hobbies included sewing, quilting, gardening, diamond art, watching game shows, ceramics, word searches, canning, and baking.
Survivors include her daughters, Sheila Crackenberger of Hale, Missouri, and Sheri (Greg Kreutzer) Lowrey of Columbia, Missouri; six grandchildren, Katie (Mike) Plemmons, Darcy (Hassan) Mateyka, Dalton Crackenberger, Derrek Crackenberger, Jaci Lowrey, and Colton Lowrey (Makenzie Dwigun); and two great-grandchildren, Derrek “Little D” Crackenberger and Nova Mateyka. She was preceded in death by her parents, husband Joseph “Jay” Shearer, her only son Jeffrey Jay Shearer, and her brother Ronald Ray Crain.
Graveside services will be held at Edgewood Cemetery, Chillicothe, Missouri, on Saturday, March 16, 2024, at 1:30 p.m. A visitation is scheduled at Lindley Funeral Home, Chillicothe, Missouri, on the same day from 12 noon until 1:30 p.m. Friends may call at Lindley Funeral Home on Friday, March 15, 2024, from 9:00 a.m. until 5:00 p.m. Memorial contributions may be made to Compassus Hospice Care of Columbia and may be left at or mailed to Lindley Funeral Home, P.O. Box 47, Chillicothe, Missouri 64601.
