Donna Marie Burkhart... Age 92

Donna Marie Burkhart age 92 of Osawatomie, KS died Sunday November 13, 2022 at Spring Hill Health & Rehab in Spring Hill, KS.

Donna was born October 1 ^st , 1930 in Osawatomie, KS. She was the sixth of fourteen born to Kelsey L. and Elsie M. (Metzger) Miller. She grew up in Osawatomie and graduated with the class of 1948.

After high school, Donna attended Moody Bible College in Chicago, IL. She returned to Osawatomie in 1954, where she married Donald Burkhart. To this union came one daughter, DeAnn. They made their home in several places following Donald’s careers. Then in 1978, the family moved back to Osawatomie.

In her free time, Donna enjoyed reading, gardening and canning the vegetables from her garden. She was dedicated to her church and the congregation. Donna helped at the Christian School that was within the church and taught Sunday school. She worked as a Foster Grandparent for the Osawatomie School District for several years. Her favorite thing was spending time with her daughter and grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her husband Donald, granddaughter Savanna Lyons, great grandson Anthony Alan Joe Tomblin, five sisters and six brothers.

Survivors include daughter DeAnn Burkhart, grandchildren; Cheyanne (Curtis) Zollar, and Austin (Jennifer Smith) Lyons, Dana Lyons and Darren Lyons, great grandchildren; Austin and Aubrey Zollar, Memphis and Jax Lyons, James Gibson, sister June McCoy, brother Larry (Colleen) Miller, and nephew Kelsey (Angie) Miller.  Along with many other family and friends.

Celebration of life Saturday December 3, 2022 at 6 pm at Faith Baptist Church of Osawatomie. Burial of ashes at a later date at Spring Grove (Quaker) Cemetery.