Lassie Parlee Donaldson

Lassie Parlee Donaldson, 98, of Greenfield passed away on June 29, 2022 from natural causes at the Dade County Nursing Home.
Donaldson was born to the Reverend Tom and Daisy Procter in Miller on Feb. 7, 1924. Tom Procter was a Baptist preacher with congregations in Missouri and Kansas but the family spent most of their lives in and around Greenfield.
When she was old enough to attend school, she and her family moved from Miller to Greenfield. Donaldson graduated from Greenfield High School in 1942. After graduation, she went to Wichita, Kan. and worked as a Key Punch operator until after the end of WWII.
She moved back to Greenfield where she met and married Neal Donaldson in 1951. Neal was the editor and publisher of the Dade County Advocate, a weekly newspaper, and also had a column in the Vedette.
Donaldson and Neal moved back to Wichita and adopted a son, Greg. They attended the Westside Baptist Church.
After the passing of Neal in 2002 and son Greg, she moved from Wichita to be with her grandsons in Washington state. In 2018, she moved back to Greenfield and became a resident of the Residential Care Facility at Dade County Nursing Home.
Donaldson was preceded in death by her parents; two sisters, Naomi and Alma Wagner; two brothers, Spencer and Winston Procter; husband, Neal; son, Greg; and grandson, Shawn Donaldson.
Surviving is her grandson, Brandon Donaldson; three great-grandchildren of Kent, Wash.; a great-grandson of Spokane, Wash.; a nephew, Robert Wagner of Seattle, Wash.; a niece, Betty Emich of East Petersburg, Pa.; and a niece, Vic Lollar of Greenfield.
Graveside services, under the care of Greenfield Funeral Chapel, will be held at the Greenfield Cemetery at 10 a.m. on July 11, 2022  with Pastor Courts Jetton of Main Street Baptist Church officiating. Memorials can be given to the Dade County Nursing Home or Good Shepherd Hospice in Springfield, 3250 S. National, Springfield MO 65807.