Donna LeSage Obituary

"Tonight, when you look up, don't think of them as stars.
Think of them as porch lights welcoming her safely home."
Donna Pauline LeSage, of Ishpeming was called home to the Lord on Friday, May 2, 2025, under the care of Marquette County Medical Care Facility staff, Lake Superior Life Care and Hospice and her family.
Donna was born on December 15, 1932, to Fred and Eva Nault in Ishpeming. Donna was the last of nine siblings; she had three brothers; Bernard, Harry and James "Perky" Nault, and five sisters; Dorothy Coron, Florence Marietti, Bernice Meeks, Marie Surrell and Helen Johnson.
On October 13, 1962, Donna married her husband Gerald of 62 years, and together they started their family. Upon their retirement they moved to their home on the Dead River Basin.
Donna was a member of St. Joseph Catholic Church and her love for the Lord was immeasurable.
Donna's greatest joy was her children and grandchildren. She enjoyed going and cheering at their sporting events and loved when they would come to visit. You never left hungry as their was always a road pop or some other delicious treat Gram would insist you needed.
Donna is survived by her husband Gerald "Jerry" LeSage, two sons: Curt (Mary) LeSage, and Kevin LeSage. Five grandchildren; Allison (Dustin) Kennedy, Annie (Dan) Nelson, Andrew LeSage, Ethan (Jackie) LeSage and Halie LeSage, seven great grandchildren; Lillian, Emmett, Sawyer, Ada, Lenna, Lydia, and Quinn, and a special friend Elizabeth (Brad) Kowieski.
Per Donna's wishes there will be no services at this time.
Memorials may be directed to St. Joseph Catholic Church in memory of Donna.
Donna's obituary may be viewed at bjorkandzhulkie.com.
The day will come when my body will lie upon a white sheet neatly tucked under four corners of a mattress located in a hospital busily occupied with the living and the dying. At a certain moment a doctor will determine that my brain has ceased to function and that, for all intents and purposes, my life has stopped. When that happens, do not attempt to instill artificial life into my body by the use of a machine. And don't call this my deathbed. Let it be called the Bed of Life, and let my body be taken from it to help others lead fuller lives.
Give my sight to the man who has never seen a sunrise, a baby's face or love in the eyes of a woman.
Give my heart to a person whose own heart has caused nothing but endless days of pain.
Give my blood to the teenager who was pulled from the wreckage of his car, so that he might live to see his grandchildren play.
Give my kidneys to one who depends on a machine to exist from week to week.
Take my bones, every muscle, every fiber and nerve in my body and find a way to make a crippled child walk.
Explore every corner of my brain. Take my cells, if necessary, and let them grow so that, someday, a speechless boy will shout at the crack of a bat and a deaf girl will hear the sound of rain against her window.
Burn what is left of me and scatter the ashes to the winds to help the flowers grow.
If you must bury something, let it be my faults, my weaknesses and all prejudice against my fellow man.
Give my sins to the devil.
Give my soul to God.
If by chance, you wish to remember me, do it with a kind deed or work to someone who needs you.
If you do all I have asked, I will live forever.
By Robert N. Test
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