Donna (Hilde) Jefferis

Donna (Hilde) Jefferis

died peacefully on Febru-

ary 17, 2020, in San

Diego, California.

Donna was born on No-

vember 18, 1929 to Elmer

Ray and Lillian Rose (Hy-

nek) Hilde. She attended

Minot, North Dakota State

College and graduated in

1949 with a Standard

Teaching Credential.

She and her husband,

Fred Jefferis, were mar-

ried on August 27, 1949.

Donna taught in Minot for

three years before moving

to San Diego, where she

joined her husband, who

had been called to active

duty as a member of the

U.S. Naval Reserve.

She continued her

career as an educator in

1954 with San Diego City

Schools. In 1959 she was

selected to be a State

Reading Specialist and

served various schools

throughout the district.

Donna always furthered

her own education and ul-

timately became a school

principal. All of this was

done while maintaining a

beautiful home and rais-

ing two children. Her last

position was as a princi-

pal at Pacific Beach Ele-

mentary School.

Following her retire-

ment, in 1986, she and

her husband traveled ex-

tensively throughout

North America, Europe,

and Asia. She also en-

joyed numerous trips with

her grandchildren, spend-

ing time with family and

friends on other adven-

tures, and entertaining

them in the Baja, Mexico

beach house they had

built in 1979.

Donna is survived by:

her husband Fred of San

Diego; children Tom of

San Diego, Mary Jane

(Jack) Niotta of Hender-

son, NV; four grandchil-

dren; two

great-grandchildren;

brother Dr. Thomas (Di-

anne) Hilde of Bryan, Tex-

as.

She was preceded in

death by: her parents.

In lieu of flowers, if you

desire, the family suggests

a donation to your favor-

ite charity.