Cheryl DeMay Dornink (Wade), 79, passed away peacefully at her home in Glenwood Retirement Village (Minn.) surrounded by family on Monday, August 27, 2018.
Cheryl DeMay was born on February 23, 1939, to parents Percy Randell Wade and Mary Leona (Shafer) in Kenmare, Ward County, N. Dak. After graduating from high school in Kenmare, Cheryl moved to Rochester, Minn., where she completed three years of nursing training at United Methodist School of Nursing. It was during this time where she met the love of her life, Harley Dornink. The two were married on Sunday, December 20, 1959, at Peace United Methodist Church in Rochester, Minn. They had two children, Danney and Tammie, and raised their family in Rochester, Minn.
Cheryl DeMay worked as a nurse for the Olmsted Community Hospital, Rochester State Hospital and at the Mayo Clinic in human resources before retiring. She then worked for Silverlake Foods, Mr. P’s and retiring once again from Hy-Vee.
Her hobbies included camping, traveling to Duluth and North Dakota, enjoying entertainment in Branson, Mo., baking, sewing, crafting and enjoying quality time with grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
She is survived by her husband Harley Dornink, son Danney (Kathy) Dornink of Rochester, Minn., daughter Tammie (Jeff) Pahan of Villard, Minn.; grandchildren: Joshua Pahan of Glenwood, Minn., Miranda (Steve) Porter of Stewartville, Minn., Jedediah Pahan of Glenwood, Minn., Trista (Marcus) Amble of Glenwood, Minn., and Anissa Dornink of Rochester, Minn., and great-grandchildren Stanley and Emerson Porter and Easton Amble, and sister Ardis Mortensen (Williston, N. Dak.)
She is preceded in death by her parents Percy Randell Wade and Mary Leona (Shafer), brother Frank Woodrow (Woodie), brother Twan Darvin, sister Glaudia Raechel, brother Percy Reeve (Jr.), brother Argyll Gorl, brother Mavor Errol, brother Loyce Gerrol, sister Ronnyce Arzula and brother Lynas Arlyn (Tommy).
Cheryl’s wish was to donate her body to the University of Minnesota for Alzheimer’s research.
A memorial service will take place at a later date. Any memorials can be sent to family
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