She was born on August 23, 1936 to Don R. Vanwinkle and Velma Boren Vanwinkle in Petrolia, Texas. She is survived by her husband, Kenneth B. Denton, her daughter Diann Gothard, her son David Denton, her son-in-law, Kevin Gothard, her grandchildren, Madison and Michael Gothard, her brother, Robert G. Vanwinkle, Sr. and wife Judy. She is also survived by a close family of aunts, cousins, nieces, nephews and in-laws. She was preceded in death by her parents and her sister, Joann Vanwinkle Post.
Donna graduated from Kilgore High School. She received a BA degree from Baylor University and also attended Southwestern Seminary in Fort Worth. After teaching in elementary school for several years, she married Kenneth on July 17, 1960. They lived in Ashland, Kentucky for thirty years in Donna enjoying being a mother, wife, and a servant in the church and community volunteer missions. Upon Kenneth’s retirement from Ashland, Inc., they moved to The Woodlands, Texas in 1993 to be near to their family. They found a wonderful new family of faith in their church for the last seventeen years.
Friends are invited to a visitation with the family from six o’clock to eight o’clock the evening of June 8, 2010 at Forest Park The Woodlands Funeral Home.
The memorial Celebration service is to be conducted at two o’clock in the afternoon on June 9, 2010 at First Baptist Church The Woodlands, 11801 Grogans Mill Rd., The Woodlands, TX 77380.
Prior to the service, the family will have gathered for a private internment and graveside service at Forest Park the Woodlands Cemetery.
Contributions in memory of Donna may be directed to First Baptist Church The Woodlands or a charity of your choice.
To sign the register book, or to offer your memories of Donna to the family, please visit www.forestparkthewoodlands.com.
