Don Wayne Donner

Friday, July 12, 2002

PUXICO - Don Wayne Donner, 58, died at 9 p.m. July 10, 2002, at St. Louis University Hospital.

Born Jan. 17, 1944, at Manila, Ark., son of the late Joseph A. and Dorothy Hatcher Donner, he was a farmer and member of St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church in Sikeston and Knights of Columbus.

On Dec. 10, 1987, at Poplar Bluff, he married Tamara Payne who survives of the home.

Other survivors include: five sons, Joe Donner of Clanton, Ala., James Donner of Sikeston and Troy Donner, Stephen Donner and Don L. Donner of the home; three sisters, Betty Jo Kennedy of Simi Valley, Calif., Juanita J. Leible of Owensboro, Ky., and Darlene Yancy of Sikeston; and two granddaughters.

One sister preceded him in death.

Visitation is from 9 a.m. Monday until time for a funeral Mass at 11 a.m. at St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church. Monsignor Richard C. Rowling, pastor of St. Mary's Cathedral in Cape Girardeau, will officiate.

Burial will follow in Garden of Memories Cemetery in Sikeston.

Nunnelee Funeral Chapel is in charge of arrangements.