Julie (Pazie) Donner, age 39, of Yankton, South Dakota, died Saturday, August 6, 2016, at Avera Sacred Heart Hospital in Yankton.

A Mass of Christian Burial will be 10:30 AM on Thursday, August 11, 2016, at St. Benedict Catholic Church in Yankton with Reverend Ken Lulf officiating. Cremation will follow the Mass and burial will be at a later date. Visitation is from 5:00 to 8:00 PM on Wednesday, August 10, 2016, at St. Benedict Catholic Church in Yankton with a vigil service at 7:00 PM. Visitation will resume one hour prior to the Mass on Thursday at the Church. Arrangements are under the direction of the Wintz & Ray Funeral Home and Cremation Service in Yankton.

Pallbearers are Peter Frickson, Sandra Frickson, Alan Christenson, Beryl Olson, Alison Batie, and Dale Batie. Honorary Pallbearers are the Avera E-Helm Staff as well as Julie's treasured nephews and nieces: Will, Heidi, and Abbi Pazie and Breanna, Caitlynn, and Gage Fenster.

Julie (Pazie) Donner was born September 14, 1976, in Hettinger, North Dakota, to Donald "Butch" and Sharon (Tidball) Pazie. She grew up on the family farm near Morristown, South Dakota. She attended school in McIntosh, South Dakota and graduated from McIntosh High School in 1995. She attended the University of Mary in Bismarck, North Dakota graduating with a Bachelor's Degree in Occupational Therapy in 1999. She married Michael Donner on May 22, 1998 in Morristown, South Dakota. Julie worked as an occupational therapist in Lemmon, South Dakota and later Spencer, Iowa. They moved to Eureka, South Dakota where Julie started occupational therapy programs in the Eureka and Bowdle areas. After ten years in Eureka, they moved to Yankton, South Dakota. After moving to Yankton, Julie was an occupational therapist at Avera Sacred Heart Hospital for 2 years and in 2013, became Quality and Innovation Manager at Avera E-Helm in Sioux Falls, SD. Julie worked very hard to bring tele-medicine to rural areas, increasing health care access. In 2015, she received her Master's Degree in Strategic Management from the University of Mary.

Julie was a member of St. Benedict Catholic Church in Yankton and was a member of the South Dakota Occupational Therapy Association. Julie was a very determined, hardworking woman who wouldn't take no for an answer and always accomplished anything she set her mind to. She was a very joyful and happy person who always kept a positive attitude and relied on her strong faith in God. She was a wonderful mother, daughter, friend and wife and will be greatly missed.

Survivors include her husband, Michael Donner of Yankton; three children: Maggie, Lance and Mia Donner of Yankton; parents, Donald and Sharon Pazie of Morristown, South Dakota; brother, Mike (Sara) Pazie of Lemmon, South Dakota; father and mother-in-law, Michael and Dee Donner of Walker, South Dakota; brother-in-law, Mark Donner of Bismarck, North Dakota; sister-in-law, LynnDee (Chris) Fenster of Bismarck; and six nieces and nephews: Will, Abbi and Heidi Pazie and Breanna, Caitlynn and Gage Fenster.

She was preceded in death by her grandparents and uncle, Watson Tidball.

In lieu of flowers for Michael and the kids memorials may be directed to the Julie Donner Memorial Fund at First Dakota National Bank, PO Box 156, Yankton, SD 57078.

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