Donna B. Moltz

Donna B. Moltz of Copperas Cove, passed away at her home in Copperas Cove, Texas Tuesday, June 16th. Donna was born on November 6th, 1938 to Bill and Gertrude Brownewell in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. She was a graduate of Lemoyne High School, Lemoyne, Pennsylvania, Class of 1956. She worked as a revenue accounting clerk for Bell Telephone of Pennsylvania. She helped her parents conduct numerous Red Cross Learn to Swim Programs and Aquatic Courses.

Donna married John M. Moltz, Jr. on September 10th 1960. Donna was a dedicated correspondent, mother, Army wife and volunteer. She was a member of the 1st Presbyterian Church of Copperas Cove. Donna took great pride in caring for and raising her two sons, Timothy and Michael. She volunteered thousands of hours of service with the Red Cross and Patient Assistance Teams in hospitals and medical facilities in Pennsylvania, Oklahoma, Texas and California. She served as a volunteer Budget Counselor and Financial Management Instructor with Army Community Services at Fort Hood. She volunteered in programs to help elementary school children to read with CCISD. Donna was a former secretary of the Copperas Cove Chamber of Commerce and was the, behind the scenes, worker who set up the first Copperas Cove Rabbit Fest. She and her husband, working with the Texas Military Family Foundation, bid farewell, met and welcomed home more than 100 flights of soldiers going to and returning from the Middle East. She was known to many as Mrs. Santa Clause because she wrote more than a thousand letters from Santa to children in Head Start and children of workers in Copperas Cove.

Donna was preceded in death by her parents and her oldest son, Timothy John Moltz. She is survived by her sister, Charlann Brubaker in Pennsylvania; her husband, John Moltz and son Michael Moltz of San Antonio, his wife, Barbara; and son Devin; and also Timothy's widow, Suzanne and their children; CPT Tony Moltz of 3rd Infantry Division at Ft Stewart, Georgia and his wife Makayla; Travis Moltz, a Civil Engineer in Austin, TX, his wife Kate, and a granddaughter, Monica Moltz in Austin, Texas.

A visitation will be held from 6:00 to 8:00 PM at Crawford Bowers Funeral Home in Copperas Cove on Thursday, June 25, 2020. The funeral will be at Crawford Bowers Funeral Home in Copperas Cove at 11:00 AM on Friday, June 26, 2020; followed by internment at the Central Texas Veterans Cemetery at 1:00 PM.