Donnita Marie Jarvis

Donnita Marie Jarvis

Donnita Marie Jarvis
March 28, 1963 – June 19, 2013
Oskaloosa, IA. | Age 50
Loving Mother, Grandmother, Daughter, and Sister

Donnita passed away Wednesday, June 19, 2013, at the University of Iowa Hospitals in Iowa City.

Donnita Marie Jarvis, daughter of Donald and Vernita Marie Vetch Tuscherer, was born, March 28, 1963, in Faulkton, South Dakota. She was a 1981 graduate of Cresbard High School, in South Dakota. After high school she married David Jarvis and to that union two sons were born. They later divorced. Donnita then attended South Dakota State University where she received her nursing degree. After college she moved to Oskaloosa where she married Todd Six, they later divorced. She began her nursing career at Pella Regional Hospital where she worked for several years. She later taught nursing at Indian Hills Community College.

Donnita was a member of Phi-Beta-Kappa. She enjoyed flower and vegetable gardening and spending time in her pool with her grandchildren.

Her family includes her two sons: Justin (Jennifer) Jarvis and Brandon (Jenny) Jarvis, all of Oskaloosa; three grandsons: Trae, Skyler and Levi Jarvis, and a granddaughter soon to be; her parents, Donald and Vernita Tuscherer of Onaka, South Dakota; one sister, Rhonda (Jeff) Swanhorst of Inver Grove Heights, Minnesota; three brothers: Darwin (Camille) Tuscherer of Cresbard, South Dakota, Darrell (Rhonda) Tuscherer of Ipswich, South Dakota and Sheldon Tuscherer of Fargo, North Dakota; and a special friend Jeff Slobe of Oskaloosa.

Donnita was preceded in death by a sister Lori-Ann Tuscherer and one grandson Joshua Jarvis.

Visitation will begin at 11 a.m., Friday, June 21, at Garland-Van Arkel-Langkamp Funeral Chapel; the family will be present from 5-7 pm to greet visitors.
Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m., Saturday, June 22, 2013, at Garland-Van Arkel- Langkamp Funeral Chapel with Pastor Alvern Boetsma officiating.
Burial will be in Forest Cemetery.
Memorials may be made in her name.