Mrs. Donna Faye Patty Marquardt, 56, of Tunnel Hill, Georgia, departed this life on Thursday evening, March 28, 2019.

Mrs. Marquardt was born on October 11, 1962 in Rome, Georgia, a daughter of the late Marion Everett and Virginia Tanner Patty.  Along with her parents she is also preceded in death by a sister, Pamela Ann Townsend.

She is survived by her husband, Robert Marquardt of the home; daughters, Bayley Hannah Marquardt and Ashley Nicole Marquardt both of Tunnel Hill; sister, Rhonda Patty of Cumming, Georgia; brother-in-law, Randall Townsend of Dalton; nieces, Evelyn Fay Townsend, also of Dalton, Brandy and Felisha Long of Cumming; nephew, Dennis Long also of Cumming; special friend of the family and caregiver to Donna, Lawanna Headrick of Chatsworth, Georgia.

To fulfill Mrs. Marquardt's wish, she will be cremated and no formal service will be held.

Arrangements by locally owned and operated Ponders Melrose Chapel, Dalton, GA. (706)226-4002 "Funerals, Cremations, Cemeteries, Florists" YOUR SELECTED INDEPENDENT FUNERAL HOME"