While raising her daughters, Donna actively volunteered at their school. In her early years, Donna was employed at Sunshine Biscuit Company until she began her family with Dale. From a very young age she assisted in raising her siblings and later as an adult caring for her live-in mother-in-law. Donna was a kind, caring, and selfless woman her entire life. Dale preceded Donna in death on December 1, 2017. They were married on June 14, 1958, Dale and Donna lived their entire life in the Saginaw area where they raised their two daughter. She met her future husband and the love of her life, Dale Wesley Spyker, while helping her mother at a local soda shop. Donna Lou Jacob was born on Januin Saginaw, Michigan to the late Raymond and Anne (Ronan) Jacob.
Passed away unexpectedly, yet peacefully, at the age of 82 with her loving daughters by her side on Friday, at Henry Ford Medical Center - Detroit.