Donna Irene Ealy, 39, of North Liberty, Mercer County, died at 3 p.m. Sunday at her home after a 14-year illness.

Born in New Castle, Oct. 29, 1967, she was the daughter of Gene Merle and Helen Irene Stevenson Bicehouse.

She worked at the Sparmon-Fisher Co., a heating and plumbing wholesale business, in Lawrence County.

Surviving are her husband, Daniel William Ealy, whom she married Sept. 18, 1993; a son, Lukas Jarod Ealy at home; her parents of New Bedford; a sister, Diana Halt and her husband, Leonard, of New Bedford; and two brothers, Dale Bicehouse and his wife, Beth, of Plain Grove and Donald Bicehouse and his wife, Trina, of Burghill, Ohio.

<B>EALY</B> — Friends of Donna Irene Ealy, who died Sunday, April 15, 2007, will be received from 2 to 4 and 7 to 8:30 p.m. Thursday at the <B>Smith Funeral Home</B>, 421 New Castle St., Slippery Rock. Services will follow at 8:30 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home with the Rev. Jerry Mahaffey, pastor of the North Liberty Presbyterian Church, officiating. Burial will be held at the family's convenience.