Memorial

Ona Darline Schultz Danker, 88, of Cedar Rapids, died Friday April 20, 2018 in West Ridge Care Center.  On behalf of Ona’s request, there will be no services. Cedar Memorial Park Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements.

Survivors include her sons; Larry E. (Lorie) Danker and William J. (Cyndi Houser) Danker, both of Newhall, Iowa, her granddaughter, Stephanie Danker, and a sister Shirley Larsen of Grinnell, Iowa. She was preceded in death by her husband, Lawrence C. Danker, her parents; J. William and Emma Schultz, her brothers; F. William Schultz, John E. Schultz, Denton Schultz, sisters; Betty Schultz, Margaret Schultz and Marilyn Benishek.

Ona was born August 15, 1929 in Bryant, South Dakota, the daughter of J. William and Emma (Pauls) Schultz. She moved from South Dakota to Iowa in 1935. She graduated from high school in Belle Plaine, Iowa in 1948 and graduated from St. Luke’s School of Nursing in 1953. She was united in marriage to Lawrence Danker on April 28, 1956 at the Little Brown Church in Nashua. Ona was employed as a nurse for 35 years and  a member of the National Association of Active and Retired Federal Employees. 

In Lieu of flowers, she requested donations be made to Camp Courageous or Unity Point Hospice.