Dona Mae Ermer, 94 of West Bend, WI, died April 22, 2025 in West Bend of heart failure after an 8-month illness.

Surviving family members include five sons: Robert (Malia) Ermer of Pensacola, FL, Duane (Nancy) Ermer of Kimberly, WI, Randall (Vicki) Ermer of Clinton, MO, Steven (Robin) Ermer of Appleton, WI and Alan (Robin) Ermer of Frederick, CO, three daughters: Linda (John) Stehman of Jackson, WI, Janice (Ken) Luepke of West Bend and Patricia (Emmett) Wise of Worchester, MA, numerous grandchildren and great-grandchildren who were close to her heart, brother Daniel Kirmse of Clintonville, WI and sister Joyce (Harvey) Bader of Phillips, WI.

She was preceded in death by her parents Theodore and Esther (James) Kirmse, her husband Robert Ermer on April 22, 2005, brother James Kirmse and four sisters: Dorothy Edinger, Mardell Ahrenholz, Janet Edinger and Judith Ashley.

Dona will be interred with her husband Bob at the Kennan Cemetery and services will be held at a later date.

A complete obituary will be published in the Ladysmith News and Price County Review.