Donna M. Christiansen

Donna Marie Christiansen, 94, of Red Wing, died Friday, May 16, 2025 at Deer Crest. She was born March 18, 1931, in St. Paul, MN to Clarence and Bertha (Fink) Erickson. At age 16 her family moved to a dairy farm near Prescott, Wisconsin. Donna graduated from Prescott High School and in August of 1949, she married Glenn Christiansen. They were dairy farmers for 27 years when Glenn died in January of 1976. For many years she did in home daycare and was a nanny. She enjoyed traveling with her sister and going on bus trips. Donna was an active member of Svea Lutheran Church and part of the church sewing group, past member of Red Wing Hospital Auxiliary and Red Wing Area Seniors.

She is survived by a son, Bob (Laura) Christiansen of Cottage Grove; daughter, Susan (Paul) Pflueger of Red Wing; 4 grandchildren, Nathan (Kindra), Brandon and Leah Christiansen and Kooper Green and 3 great-grandchildren, Noah, Elizabeth and Ethan Christiansen.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Glenn; her parents; a brother, Clarence Erickson and 2 sisters, Shirley Samuelson and Dorothy VanVoorhis.

Memorial service will be 11 a.m. Thursday, May 22, 2025 at Svea Lutheran Church with Reverend Alex Aakre officiating. Visitation will take place one hour prior to the service at church. Burial will be at the church cemetery. Memorials are preferred to the church. The family would like to thank the staff at Deer Crest for all their loving care they provided for Donna while she resided there.