Donna Lou Johnston

Donna Lou (Louderback) Johnston, age 88, of Lamar, Missouri passed away June 3, 2024, at Cox Barton County Hospital in Lamar, MO.
 
Donna was born August 11, 1935, in Ponca City, Oklahoma to Murel Wesley Louderback and Edna Avis (Johnson) Louderback. 
 
Donna was a resident of Lamar, MO., for many years and retired from Daniel Funeral Home. Prior to Lamar, she lived in Golden City, MO., where she was the city clerk, a member of the Women's Business Professionals and a spokesperson for Muscular Dystrophy. Donna was also a nurse’s aide, an in-home health care nurse and an assistant manager of the former cafe in Mindenmines, Missouri. Her hobbies included crocheting, needle work, jigsaw, and crossword puzzles.

Survivors include two daughters, Debbie Forste and husband David of Golden City, MO; and Sharon Lambert and husband Bret of Owasso, Oklahoma; six grandchildren; seventeen great-grandchildren; five great-great grandchildren as well as several nieces and nephews.

Donna was preceded in death by her parents, Murel and Edna Louderback; five sisters, Dorothy Louderback, Mildred Work, Shirley White, Beverly DeBusk, and Bonnie McCune; five brothers, Murel Louderback Jr., Wayne Louderback, Richard Louderback, Jimmy Louderback and Robert (Bob) Louderback; a son, Larry Belden and one grandson, Jeffery Belden.
 
Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m., Thursday, June 6, 2024, at Daniel Funeral Home. Donna will be laid to rest in Prescott Cemetery in Prescott, Kansas.

The family will receive friends from 10:00 a.m. ~ 11:00 a.m., Thursday, June 6, 2024, prior to the service at the funeral home.

Contributions are suggested and made payable to Dudenville Cemetery in care of Daniel Funeral Home.
 
Condolences may be shared at www.dfhlamar.com.