Danna Lee Earlenbaugh

Danna Lee Earlenbaugh transitioned to her heavenly home on May 5, 2021 in Denison, TX. Danna Lee was born to Daniel and Maxine Lovisone in Florence, CO, on June 6, 1934.

“Dannie” or Danna Lee grew up in Colorado with her family. She joined the Marines after high school and was stationed in Pearl Harbor where she met and married Ira Herbert Earlenbaugh on May 7, 1955. She moved to Kansas and spent her time raising her children and taking care of her family which included gardening, canning and raising animals. She was involved in many 4-H activities with her children and was self designated as the first aid attendee for the neighborhood children. She was employed as a school bus driver for Bonner Springs ISD, worked as a seamstress at Swingsters in Bonner Springs and a Certified Nurse Aid in Eudora. Danna and Herb moved to El Dorado Springs, where she attended church and helped make items donated to the community. Her last years were spent in Woodland Park, CO, and Denison, TX. She was gifted in sewing, quilting, crocheting and knitting making many heirlooms for her family and friends.  She loved fishing, spending time on the sewing machine; watching home improvement shows and the occasional trip to a casino with “Herb.”

Danna Lee was preceded in death by her husband, Ira Herbert; daughters, Ruth Ann Drake, and Karen Kay Drew; sisters, Anna Mae, and Marie; and parents,, Daniel and Maxine Lovisone.

She is survived by her brother, Frank Lovisone – Grand Junction, CO; children, Linda Gail Donie – Howe, TX, Richard Herbert Earlenbaugh – Leavenworth, KS, Kathryn Marie Eaton – Shawnee, KS, and Susan Lynn Stouffer – Fountain, CO; grandchildren, Adriene, Eric, Tara, Calvin, Shanna, Candy, David, TJ, Andrew, Laurie, Jason, Kayla, Amy, Rachael; and 19 great-ggrandchildren.

Services will begin at 10 a.m. at the First United Methodist Church in Bonner Springs on Saturday, June 26. Inurnment will occur for both Herbert and Danna at the Shawnee Mission Memorial Gardens after the service.

In lieu of flowers, please make donations to the Home Hospice of Grayson County, TX.