Donna Stevens Doney, in the presence of her loved ones, slipped away quietly at St. Peters Hospital on July 14, 2011 following a courageous, three year battle with lung cancer. <\/p>\n
Donna was born in Little Falls, MN on June 4, 1951 to Arlene and Ken Hanig. She was raised and educated in Kalispell and later in Deer Lodge where she graduated from Powell County High School in 1970. She then attended Eastern Montana College in Billings and eventually settled in Helena. <\/p>\n
Early in her career she worked for the Helena Branch of the Federal Reserve Bank and also for USF&G insurance. She then worked for the City of Helena Parking Division, and the State of Mt. Dept. of Agriculture. At the time of her death she was employed as an investigator for the State of Montana Consumer Protection Services. <\/p>\n
In 1972 she met her first husband, Dennis (Chuck) Stevens who was a Sergeant in the Army at the time. They were married at St. Mary\u2019s Church in Helena and were then stationed in Fort Hood, Texas for the next four years where their two sons were born. <\/p>\n
Following his discharge they returned to Helena where they remained together until Chuck\u2019s death in 1991. <\/p>\n
She later met Tom Doney and they were married in Coeur d\u2019Alene, Idaho in September 2000. He has remained her partner in life until her passing this week. <\/p>\n
Donna was a social person who enjoyed her work, her family, and having fun including movies, music, dancing, gaming and \u201cMama Mia\u201d. She will be greatly missed by so many people including all her family and friends. <\/p>\n
She is survived by her husband, Tom Doney, her sons and daughters-in-law Greg and Mandy Stevens, and Brian and Lorie Stevens; step-children Johnell (Dave) Sedlock, April (Nikia) Greene, all of Helena, and Jennifer Doney of Missoula. Grandchildren include Riley, Dylan, Hunter and Hannah Stevens, Mason and Taylor Green, Alex and Brooke Sedlock and Alex Clark. <\/p>\n
She is also survived by her sisters and brothers-in-law, Diane (Keith) Blankenship, Doreen Ellis, Patty King (Tom McNeal), Paula Hanig (Joe Schendel) and Susan Gendreau (Jack) Wolcott as well as numerous nieces, nephews and friends. <\/p>\n
She was preceded in death by her first husband, Chuck Stevens and both of her parents, Arlene and Ken Hanig, and brother-in-law Craig King. <\/p>\n
Services will be held at 10:00 a.m., Wednesday, July 20, 2011 at Anderson, Stevenson, Wilke Funeral Home, with burial to follow at the Montana State Veterans Cemetery at Ft. Harrison. A reception will follow at the Fort Harrison Service Club. Memorials may be made to the St. Peter\u2019s Cancer Treatment Center 2475 Broadway Street Helena, MT 59601 or the organization of the donor\u2019s choice. Condolences may be sent to the family by visiting www.aswfuneralhome.com.<\/p>\n","photo":"https:\/\/helenafuneralhome.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/416721_profile_pic.jpg","youtube_video_url":"","family_email":"","family_first_name":"","family_last_name":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/helenafuneralhome.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/case\/886","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/helenafuneralhome.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/case"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/helenafuneralhome.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/case"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/helenafuneralhome.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=886"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/helenafuneralhome.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=886"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}