Donna Jean Kublick

Donna Jean Kublick, 63, of Watervliet passed away Friday, June 8, 2012 at her home. A Celebration of Life Service will be held 10:30 A.M. Wednesday, June 13, 2012 at St. John’s Catholic Church, 600 Columbus, Benton Harbor with Fr. William Jacobs Jr. officiating. Burial will follow at Kniebes Cemetery. Friends may visit from 5:00 P.M. until 8:00 P.M. Tuesday, June 12, 2012 at Starks & Menchinger Chapel, 2650 Niles Rd., St. Joseph with prayers recited at 7:30 P.M. Memorials may be made to St. John’s Catholic Church or Adenoid Cystic Carcinoma Research Foundation. Those wishing to share a memory of Donna online may do so at www.starks-menchinger.com. Donna was born September 1, 1948 in Benton Harbor, MI to Robert & Hazel (Rife) Ott. She graduated from St. John’s Catholic High School in 1967. On December 21, 1985 she married Glenn Kublick in Benton Harbor. In her spare time she enjoyed her flower garden, making her homemade potato salad, going to the beach, spending time at the bakery with her friends, going for rides with her husband and dog Mocha, but most of all she loved spending time with her children and grandchildren. Donna is survived by her husband Glenn Kublick of Watervliet; daughters Amy (Erich) Zandarski-Pica of Silver Springs, MD, Laura (Jeremy) Barge of Rochester, MI, Victoria (Sam) Marks of Sandusky, OH; son Ashley Zandarski of Watervliet, MI; step-daughter Tamy Welch of Benton Harbor; five grandchildren Zander, Madeleine, Henry, Molly and Sharon; nine siblings Sandra Schlipp of Benton Harbor, Lyle (Kathy) Ott of Stevensville, Donald (Patty) Ott of Benton Harbor, Debra Brant of Eau Claire, Cheryl (Kevin) Burch of Newton, KS, Nancy (Timothy) Hamilton of Benton Harbor; Michael (Karen) Ott of Sodus, Brenda Taylor of Elburn, IL and Christopher Ott of St. Joseph. Donna was preceded in death by her parents and first husband Vincent Zandarski Jr.