Donna Ione Jeck

Donna Ione Jeck, 92, passed away Wednesday, April 1, 2015 at Holiday Resort in Emporia, Kan.

She was born Jan. 30, 1923, in Madison, Kan., the daughter of Harry and Mamie Clopton Derbyshire. As a child the family moved to Boulder, Colo., where Donna attended grade school. Donna returned to Madison and attended Madison High School and graduated with the Class of 1941. She went on to receive a degree from the Emporia School of Business.

Donna was joined in marriage to Lawrence H. Jeck on Sept. 19, 1942, at the Methodist parsonage in Emporia, Kan.

They moved to Kimball in 1956, before return...