Donna Jean (Stevenson) Gosser passed away on October 27, 2021, at the
Rooks County Health Center in Plainville, Kansas at the age of 84. She
was born on February 28, 1937, to Edgar and Helen (Spiehs) Stevenson in
Grand Island, Nebraska. She was united in marriage to Allen Lee Gosser
on September 13, 1958, in Grand Island, Nebraska. The couple were
blessed with three children: Connie Jo, Lorrie and Robert.
Donna grew up in Grand Island and attended Grand Island High School.
She started working as a waitress at the Milnes Café in Nebraska before
she was married in 1958 to Allen. The couple moved to Plainville where
they started their family. Then the family moved to Hays where they
farmed with Allen’s father. In May of 1965 they settled in Codell. When
they moved to Codell she worked for Daylight Donuts then C.O. Mammels
Grocery until 1981. She then retired and became a full-time wife and
mother. Donna loved to cook; the kids’ most memorable dishes where
cranberry salad, potato salad, mac and cheese, broccoli casserole, and a
green Oreo mint salad that was made one too many times…in abundance.
She was even the creator of “the Donna Special” at Taco Express in
Plainville. She loved being a farmer’s wife, and their large family
gatherings. It was important to her to entertain during the summer for
her many nieces and nephews out at the farm. Outside of her love for the
family she enjoyed gambling on $2 scratch cards and holding two spots
at quarter machines and playing bingo, along with card games like Pitch
and Pinochle. Donna was also fond of things like the color purple,
angels, and interacting with friends and family through Facebook. She
was a member of the Codell Community Church.
She is survived by her husband, Allen Gosser of Codell, KS;
children, Connie Austin of Codell, and Lorrie Bland of Plainville and
Robert Gosser of Plainville; sister, Shirley Spencer of St. Paul, NE;
brother-in-law, Jim Johnson of Salt Lake City, UT; five grandchildren,
Alan (Lori) Austin, Jennifer (Dan) Gibbons, Lance Gosser, Traci (Logan)
Burns, and Rachel (Blake) Lundstrom; thirteen great-grandchildren,
Trevor, Thomas, Cale, Lana, Emmitt, Sutton, Jacob, Nora, Katy, Lucas,
Hudson, Anniston, and Greta; and other family members and many friends.
Donna is preceded in death by her parents; Edgar and Helen Stevenson; sister, Fern Johnson; and brother-in-law, Gerald Spencer.
A Funeral Service will be held at the Codell Community Church on
Monday, November 1, 2021, at 10AM. Visitation will be held on Sunday, at
the funeral home in Plainville from 2 PM until 6PM with Family
Receiving Friends from 4PM to 5:30PM.
Memorials are suggested to the Codell Community Church, Rooks County
Health Center, or the Codell Community Center and may be sent in care
of Plumer-Overlease Funeral Home, 320 SW 2nd St., Plainville, KS 67663.
Online condolences can be left for the family at www.plumeroverlease.com