Donna Jean Johnson, 82, of Waukee formerly of Spencer, Iowa, died peacefully with family at her bedside Monday, June 13, 2022. A Celebration of Life will be held 11:00 a.m. Wednesday, July 6, 2022 at McLaren’s Resthaven Chapel in West Des Moines, Iowa with family greeting friends from 10:00 a.m. until service time. Burial will follow at Resthaven Cemetery.
Donna Jean (Chaplin) Johnson was born on July 6, 1939 in Oelwein, Iowa to August and Elsie (Faist) Chaplin. After graduating from Oelwein High School, she attended American Institute of Business in Des Moines, Iowa. She married Larry Johnson of Pomeroy, Iowa on June 17, 1962 in Oelwein, Iowa. After living briefly in Pomeroy, they moved to Spencer, Iowa where they lived for 48 years and raised their three children. Donna was active in TTT Sorority, Hospital Auxiliary and Grace United Methodist Church in Spencer. They moved to West Des Moines, Iowa in 2011 to be closer to their children where she was a faithful member of West Des Moines United Methodist Church.
Donna is survived by her husband, Larry of Waukee, daughters, Tracy Jensen of Montgomery, Alabama and Stephanie Wanned of West Des Moines, Iowa; son, Kevin (Tara) Johnson of Johnston, Iowa; and brother, Jim (Mary) Chaplin of Cedar Rapids, Iowa; grandchildren, Nicole (James) Hutchens, Conal Jensen, Nathan Wanned and Anthony Wanned; and great-granddaughter, Emma Claire Hutchens. She was preceded in death by her parents; brothers, Marian and Larry Chaplin; and son-in-law, James Jensen.
