Donna Lee Stohl

Donna Lee Stohl of Chelsea, Michigan, formerly of Albion, age 90, died Monday, September 8, 2025, at Trinity Health Ann Arbor Hospital. She was born February 9, 1935, in Omaha, Nebraska, the daughter of Chauncey & Marvelle (Pielstick) Anderson.

Donna was beloved as a teacher in the Albion Michigan School District for 20 years. She was a member and Chair of the Albion Community Foundation, the Albion Community Library Board, and the Johnson Childcare Board. She had a lifelong love and involvement with music and the visual arts, especially singing in the choir. Donna belonged to the Ann Arbor Unitarian-Universalist Congregation. She was passionate about family and friends, religious questions, reading, gardening, the arts, good conversation, laughter and traveling in the United States and abroad. She and her husband Johan lived in the Silver Maples Retirement Community for the last 16 years, where she found much joy and contentment. 

On June 13, 1959, she married Johan H. Stohl in Stromsburg, Nebraska. He preceded her in death on January 4, 2023. Survivors include three children, Erik (Ann) Stalhandske of Chelsea, Nathan Stohl of Ann Arbor, Ingrid (Norman) McIntyre of Beverly Hills; two brothers, Gordon (Karin) Anderson of Durham, NC, and Conwell (Judy) Anderson of Downers Grove, IL; a sister, Shirley Inskeep of Longmont, CO; 7 grandchildren, Carl, Hannah, Sean, Jordan, Natalia, Carlos, and Diego; and 6 great-grandchildren, Annikah, Winifred, Virginia, Nouf, Johan, and June. In addition to her husband, she was preceded in death by her brother-in-law, Willard Inskeep.

A Celebration of Life will be held Friday, September 19, 2025, 1:00 p.m. at Silver Maples in Chelsea, with Rev. Jeff Crowder officiating. A reception will follow the service.  Memorial contributions may be made to Silver Maples Art Fund, https://silvermaples.org/. Arrangements were entrusted to Cole Funeral Chapel in Chelsea.