Donna Mae Norland, 91, of Duluth, peacefully passed to her heavenly sleep Sunday, July 10 at Ecumen Lakeshore. Donna was born May 27, 1931, on a farm in Grove City MN to Oliver and Adelia (Christoffer) Larson. Shortly after graduating from Grove City High School in 1948, she moved to Minneapolis where she worked for Archer Daniels Midland Company. In the spring of 1949 Donna attended a local college dance where she was swept off her feet by John Norland and they married on June 17, 1950. John’s work relocated them to Silver Bay, MN where they welcomed their first two children. In 1956 they moved to their newly built home in the Lester Park neighborhood of Duluth and raised three children. In 1989 they made the cabin at Island Lake their summer home, leaving the cold winters of Duluth to become Tucson snowbirds; Donna continued to escape there even after John’s unexpected passing in 1999. In 2005 she moved to a condo at Miller Creek; ten years later when her health no longer allowed
From the column: "The increase in the growth of state government is out of balance with the needs of families and small businesses, causing economic hardship."