Funeral services for Donna Kay Potts, 75, formerly of New Albany, will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday, Feb. 2, in the Kraft Funeral Chapel, with burial will follow in Kraft-Graceland Memorial Park.
She died Monday, Jan. 25, 2010, at Oakhill Hospital in Spring Hill, Fla., surrounded and comforted by her loving family.
She was the daughter of the late Don Wade Locey and Grace (Newman) Locey Higdon, Donna was born March 25, 1934, in Louisville. She was a member of the First Congregation United Church of Christ and was the National Historian and member of the National Association of Retired Postal Inspectors.
Survivors include her children Paula Rae (Thomas) Vercillo, of Davenport, Iowa, Sandra Kay (Anthony) Gigante, of Spring Hill, Fla., Don Edward Potts,of Spring Hill, Fla., James William (Christine) Potts, of Jacksonville, Fla., Susan Lynn Potts, of Leesburg, Va.; grandchildren Mark, Scott, Jenna, Michael, Matthew, Catherine, Adam, Jessica, Jordan Ray and Jordan; great-grandchildren Micayla and Thomas.
She was preceded in death by her loving husband, Raymond E. Potts, and companion, Cecil “Chris” Christensen.
Visitation will be held 2 to 8 p.m. Monday, Feb. 1, at Kraft Funeral Service, 708 E. Spring Street, New Albany IN.
Memorials may be made in her name to Jericho Road Ministries, P. O. Box 864, Brooksville, FL 34605 or Disabled Sports USA for the Wounded Warrior Project, 451 Hungerford Drive, Ste. 100, Rockville, MD 20850.
