Donna M Boldman

Donna Mae Boldman (nee Myers), age 85, passed away on Monday, March 18, 2019 in Cincinnati. She was born on March 3, 1934 in Coshocton County, Ohio, the daughter of the late Charles Lewis and Florence May (nee Hill) Myers of Newcomerstown. She was preceded in death by her husband, Gary L. Boldman of Fairfield, Ohio; son Loyd Alan Boldman of Oviedo, Florida and sister Joyce Ellen Myers of Newcomerstown Ohio. “Growing up in Coshocton County, we worked around the farm, growing green beans, reading books and riding bikes...I did well in grade school, enjoying the speech department and won several awards...then I later went to Wilmington College, where I met my future husband Gary the second day I was there...he pulled up in a car as I was going to the movies with a friend. He offered us a ride and saw the movie with us...the next evening he took me out to a second movie.” They had stayed together ever since. Donna married her husband Gary in Wilmington, Ohio on January 31, 1952, and were together a total of 58 years. She held various jobs in her long and rich lifetime, including working as a stenographer, bookkeeper, and working with small children in preschool day care. She was involved in many activities with her children, including serving as Cub Scout den mother, and booster for the music department at Fairfield City Schools. Her dreams for her children were that they stay healthy and happy. She is survived by four of her five children, Craig Boldman, Scott (Lisa) Boldman, Lane (Joey Shadowen) Boldman, and Jill Steward, eight grandchildren (Mary, David, Daniel, Anna, Jessica, Bryan, Joshua and JB), eleven great grandchildren and one great-great grandchild. She is also survived by brothers Gary (Sue) and Jerry (Maureen) Myers and a sister Nancy Myers, all of New Philadelphia. Visitation at THE WEBSTER FUNERAL HOME 3080 Homeward Way at Rt. 4, Fairfield on Friday, March 29 from 10:00 AM until the time of the funeral at 12:00 PM with Rev. Josh Boldman, officiating. Burial to follow in Oak Hill Cemetery in Glendale at 1:15 PM.