after a long illness.
Donna was 80 years old. She is survived by her daughter Anissa Bevly Beal (Larry) of Corpus Christi, and her daughter Lori Dorsey (Ty) of San Antonio. She is also survived by her grandchildren, Dillon Beal (Alyssa), Lacee Hinojosa (Adam), Dakota Beal (Lesly), Kassidee Heimerl (Justin), Brianna, Colton, Chianna, and Savanna. She is survived by her greatgrandchildren, Ryder Hinojosa, Autumn Hinojosa, Owen Hinojosa, Kennedy Hinojosa, Elisabeth Heimerl, and Lorelei Beal. More beloved family includes Keith Downey (Faye), Jon Eric Steinbomer (Jessica), Emily Steinbomer, and Robert Steinbomer (Carla). She is also survived by her two stepchildren, Wes Bevly and Shawn Groesbeck.
She is preceded in death by her husband Melvin Bevly, her parents Donald and Anna Weeks, and her sister Carla Steinbomer.
Donna was born in Macon, Missouri on August 10, 1943, to Donald and Anna Weeks. She lived in Bevier with her grandparents Carl and Bess Weeks while her parents served their country as part of the “greatest generation” during the Second World War. Donna moved to Corpus Christi at the end of the war with her parents at the age of three. She continued to spend summers in her beloved hometown of Bevier where she grew up playing on her grandparents’ homestead with her first cousin Keith Downey. Donna always called Keith her brother and not her cousin because they were so incredibly close. These times were some of the happiest memories of her life. Donna was joined by a precious sister named Carla when she was six years old. Donna was a graduate of Ray high school and was employed as a court reporter and legal secretary until her marriage to Melvin Bevly in 1962. Donna and Melvin traveled, laughed, enjoyed friends and their children and their beautiful life together until Melvin was diagnosed with terminal lung cancer. Donna spent 6 years devoted to Melvin’s comfort and care until he took his last breath with her by his side. Donna was a champion skeet shooter, an artist, a genealogist, and a nature lover. She loved all animals, but she adored dogs most of all. She was a striking beauty with a quick wit and sparkling personality. Donna would want to be remembered as a good friend, and a loving mother and grandmother. In her own words, her two daughters were “her everything”. Family was always the most important thing to her. She lived the last years of her life with her daughter Anissa. She loved watching the old movies and any football games. She especially loved her Dallas Cowboys. When the end neared, she was surrounded by her family as she passed from this life. It was her wish to be cremated and buried with her great grandparents in Bevier, Missouri. She will be buried in the spring with her close family in attendance. Donna will be missed by many and never forgotten.
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