Donna Jean Knudsen

Donna Knudsen, 80 of Mesa, AZ died Tuesday, December 2, 2014 at Banner Heart Hospital in Mesa, AZ.

Internment was in Rosedale Cemetery, Rosedale, NE. Mercer Chapel of Phoenix, AZ and Apfel

Funeral Home of Grand Island, NE was in charge of the arrangements.

Donna J. (Johnston) Knudsen was born August 2, 1934 in Hastings, Nebraska the daughter of Robert & Helen (Jones) Johnston. She grew up in the Doniphan area, graduating from Hastings Senior High with the class of 1953.

Donna made her home in Phoenix, AZ. She retired from employment at Good Samaritan Hospital in Phoenix.

Those left to cherish her memory include a sister, Roberta Ann DuBois, Rockaway Beach, OR; a niece, Laurie Lutz, Taylor, UT; a nephew, Craig DuBois, Rockaway Beach, OR.

Other family members include, Jerad Lutz, Uintah, Utah;Trent Lutz, Caldwell, ID; Cameron DuBois, Houston, TX; Aubrey Bellowes, Newberg, OR; Dennis Vaughn, Seaside, OR; James & Peg Stulken, Doniphan, NE,; Victoria Larson, Atlanta, GA; Jacob Stulken, Doniphan, NE.

She was preceded in death by her parents and grandparents and brother-in-law, Bill DuBois

Online condolences may be directed to the family at www.apfelfuneralhome.com