Donna Jeanne Towns, 77, of Garden City, was called to her eternal home
with Jesus at 5:20 a.m. on Friday, April 2nd, 2021, following a long
battle with dementia. Donna was born November 11,1943 in Garden City,
Kansas to Glenn and Millicent (Finnup) Corn. She married Delmer E.
Towns on August 8th, 1959 when they were just 15 and 17 years old.
A young married mom, she ambitiously completed her education in the
evenings and finished school with her graduating class of 1961. She
was primarily a homemaker and helper in Delmer’s business errands, and
also worked for a short time as a cook at the Community Congregational
Church daycare.
Before she lost her independence to dementia, she was a long-time
member of Bible Christian Church volunteering in various activities
through the years. She was a loving, supportive, and selfless wife,
mom, sister, grandma, aunt, and friend who never hesitated to drop her
own plans to help out wherever she was needed. She had a contagious
laughter, faith, sense of humor, and love for life.
Her favorite hobbies through the years included sewing, woodwork
with painting, playing bingo, yardwork, computer puzzles, taking and
printing pictures of her adventures, and most of all she enjoyed taking
fishing trips with the love of her life.
Donna is survived by her husband, Delmer, of 61 years; a son, Randy
(Bonnie) Towns of Waynoka, Oklahoma, and a daughter Ginger (John)
Motley, of Garden City; grandsons Jody (Conni) Condo of Scotts Bluff,
Nebraska, Ralph Condo of Garden City, Delmer (Amber) Towns II of Garden
City, and Ian (Heather) Towns of Evansville, Indiana; granddaughters
Patricia Ent of Whitehall, Arkansas, Tammy Condo of Garden City, Lisa
Pfannenstiel of WaKeeney, Kansas, Skye (Trevor) Clark of Kearney,
Nebraska, and Erika (Justin) Groth of Garden City, 23 great-grandkids,
and 10 great-great grandkids. She was preceded in death by her parents,
a son, Allen Towns, a sister, Millicent (Corn) Herman, and a brother,
Robert Corn.
Funeral Services will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Friday, April 9, 2021
at Bible Christian Church in Garden City. Burial will follow at Valley
View Cemetery in Garden City. The service may also be viewed on
Facebook Live on the Garnand Funeral Home Facebook page. Friends may
call from 1:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. on Thursday and from 9:00 a.m. to 11:00
a.m. on Friday all at Garnand Funeral Home in Garden City. The family
will be at the funeral home from 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. on Thursday to
visit with friends. The family suggests memorials given to the
Alzheimer’s Association in care of the funeral home.