Donnie Sturgell ^{1 2}

   FamilySearch ID: GB43-SLT.

  Noted events in his life were:

1. Newspaper: Des Moines Tribue: Polk County Marriage Licenses: Donnie Sturgell, 35, and Rebecca Moore, 25, Des Moines., 17 Aug 1982, Des Moines, Polk, IA. ¹

2. Newspaper: Des Moines Register: Births: Iowa Methodist Center: STURGELL - Rebecca and Donnie of 2713 E. Grand. Ave., a son, Friday., 18 May 1986, Des Moines, Polk, IA. ⁴

3. Obituary: The Gazette on 9 Aug 1993 in Cedar Rapids, Linn, IA. ³ Donnie Sturgell, 46, died of cancer Saturday, Aug. 7, 1993, in his home. Graveside Services: 11 a.m. Wednesday, Memory Gardens Cemetery, Iowa City. Friends may call from 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesday at Donohue-Lensing Funeral Home.
Survivors include his wife, Becky; four sons, Donald Lee of Moline, Ill., Robert of Piketon, Ohio, and Anthony and Timothy, both of Carlisle; his mother of Kettering, Ohio; five brothers, Lee of Kansas City, Mo., Tennis of Morehead, Ky., Carless of Omaha, Neb., Winfred of Xenia, Ohio, and Nick of Beaver Creek, Ohio; and three sisters, Merlene Hammell of Waynesville, Ohio, Teleda of Brighton, Mich., and Roberta Frederick of Kettering, Ohio. Also surviving are four grandchildren.
Mr. Sturgell was born May 26, 1947, in Osbourne, Ky., to Walk and Ruby Hall Sturgell. He married Becky Hoover on Aug. 21, 1982, in Hudson. He was preceded in death by his father and brother, Cecil.
He had been employed in the construction trade as a carpenter superintendent for many years in Iowa City and Des Moines. He worked for C. Ibers and Sons Construction Co. of Peoria, Ill., and at Della Vedova Construction Co., Albin, prior to that. Mr. Sturgell was a member of Carpenters Local 106, Des Moines.
Memorial donations may be made to Mr. Sturgell's children's college fund.

Donnie married Rebecca Jane Moore on 17 Aug 1982 in Des Moines, Polk, IA.¹ (Rebecca Jane Moore was born on 12 Jan 1957 ⁵.)