[Spridgets] Donna Mae Mims dies

[Bud Osbourne]

Yeah, our local newspaper had mentioned the part about her being seated in a 
pink '79 Corvette during the funeral home viewing (they also got her name 
wrong in the headline for the story: Donna Mae Mills....but had it right in 
the text of the article).   None of the articles, nor the obituary in the 
Pittsburgh paper, mention any surviving family members.  I know she divorced 
her husband back in the 50s.....a pretty daring move in such a socially 
conservative city as Pittsburgh (was back then and still is now, relatively 
speaking).  She and her husband got into Corvettes at a very early stage, 
buying one of the first ones in the Pittsburgh area, and becoming very 
active in the Pittsburgh area Corvette club and the SCCA Steel Cities 
Region.
My active time in the Steel Cities Region started after she had moved to 
Maui and ended before her return to the Pittsburgh area.  But, I never heard 
anyone speak of her in negative terms.  Everyone (at least everyone in Steel 
Cities Region) seemed to like her and have good memories of her.  I'm sorry 
I never got to actually meet her.  She sounded like a really neat lady, for 
sure.
Bud Osbourne
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Alan" <theshoe5 at comcast.net>
To: "Spridgets" <spridgets at autox.team.net>
Sent: Monday, October 12, 2009 10:02 AM
Subject: [Spridgets] Donna Mae Mims dies


> Just read this on Auto Week.
> http://www.autoweek.com/article/20091011/MOTORSPORTS/910119996
> Alan
> 59 Sprite