Donna Felger

DONNA HODGES FELGER Donna Hodges Felger, age 76, was called home to be with the Lord on Thursday, March 25, 2010. Born May 9, 1933, in Chicago, Illinois, to the late Vernon and Florence Hodges, she graduated from Monmouth College, Monmouth, Illinois, earning a Bachelor''s Degree in English. After teaching and tutoring in St. Louis, Missouri, and Glen Ellen, Illinois, she spent more than ten years as a substitute teacher at Buckingham Junior High School in Adelphi, Maryland. She then became the editor of Teddy Bear and Friends, published by Hobby House Press, Cumberland, Maryland, and edited both The Doll Reader and Vintage Fashions. After relocating to College Park, Maryland, in 1964, Donna became close friends with the late Dorothy T. Rainwater of Bowie, Maryland. With a mutual passion of collecting vintage souvenir spoons and related silver, the two enjoyed more than 30 years of friendship and co-authored three books considered to be "bibles" for those wishing to collect souvenir spoons and silver: American Spoons Souvenir and Historical, Spoons from Around the World, and American Silverplate. To her friends in the spoon collecting world, she was known as "the woman who wrote the book." In addition, she and Dorothy wrote many articles for Silver Magazine. She was an active member and past officer of the North Eastern Spoon Collectors Guild. Married in 1956, Donna and her late husband of 40 years, Carl B. Felger, enjoyed years of boating and fishing on the Chesapeake Bay. In addition to collecting antiques, teddy bears, dolls, Limoges boxes, and other collectibles, Donna enjoyed many craft projects, especially dressing porcelain dolls with a group of lady friends lovingly referred to as the "lunch bunch." A loving wife and mother, Donna lived a full and vibrant life, cherished by both family members and friends. She is survived by her daughter, Kimberly Bryant Griffith of Bowie, Maryland; son-in-law, Richard H. Griffith of Bowie, Maryland; nieces, Sharon and Barbara Gaspar of Chicago, Illinois; grandson, Ricky Fenstomocher of Port Republic, Maryland and great-grandchildren, Kaitlyn, Cooper and Cole of Port Republic. Visitation at the Robert E. Evans Funeral Home, Rte. 450 and Race Track Road, Bowie, Maryland, Saturday, March 27 from 10 a.m. until time of funeral service at 11 a.m. Interment will follow at Gate of Heaven Cemetery, Silver Spring, MD.Visitation at the Robert E. Evans Funeral Home, Rte. 450 and Race Track Road, Bowie, Maryland, Saturday, March 27 from 10 a.m. until time of funeral service at 11 a.m. Interment will follow at Gate of Heaven Cemetery, Silver Spring, MD.