Donna Marie Eilers

Mrs. Eilers was a native of Iowa City, IO, and was a daughter of the late Harrison L. and Alice F. Moylen Bolick.  She was also preceded  in death by two sisters, Gertrude Anne Harrington and Mary Kathleen Billick, and two brothers, Francis L. Billick and Edward H. Billick.  She was a graduate of the University of Iowa and a resident of Asheville for 20 years.

Donna was a loving wife and devoted mother.  She and Dr. Eilers would have celebrated their 54th wedding anniversary on June 18.  She was an avid bridge play, a member of the Western North Carolina American Contract Bridge Assn., Unit 171, and was well on her way to Silver Life Master Status.  She also enjoyed reading,  and until recently played golf and bowled.  She was a memberof St. Barnabas Catholic Church.

She is survived by her husband, Dr. Robert W. Eilers;  two sons, William Louis Eilers and John Robert Eilers, and his wife Joy Harron Eilers;  two grandchildren, Jamin Asher Eilers and Jillian Blair Eilers;  and a sister-in-law, Helen F. Billick of Coralville, IO.

A Mass of Christina Burial will be celebrated by the Rev. John Schneider at 11:00 am Monday at St. Barnabas Catholic Church.

Her family will receive friends from 4 - 5 pm Sunday at Groce Funeral Home at Lake Julian and request that memorials be made to St. Barnabas Catholic Church, 109 Crescent Hill Drive, Arden, NC 28704, or to Special Olympics,c/o Buncombe COunty Recreation, 205 College Street, Asheville, NC 28801.