Donna Jean Dinning
Donna
Jean (Mace) Dinning passed away at Boundary
Community Hospital, Bonners Ferry, on August 23,
2013. Vigil Services will be held at 7 p.m.
Tuesday, August 27, at Bonners Ferry Funeral
Home. Mass of Christian Burial will be held at
11 a.m. Wednesday, August 28, at Saint Anns
Catholic Church. Internment will follow at
Grandview Cemetery.She was born to John Chester (Chet) and Frances (Wendel) Mace on Easter Sunday, March 24, 1940, in Bonners Ferry.
Donna attended school at Southside Elementary, Valley View and Bonners Ferry High School. She married Kenneth Dinning on December 17, 1956, in Bonners Ferry.
Donna enjoyed her kids and grandkids but especially her great-great grandkids. She was an avid sports fan. She could be found at most sporting events the kids and grandkids were in. The later years brought her to her one obsession, Gonzaga Basketball.
Donna had several jobs in her community. She worked at Cones Cafe, they had a dairy, she delivered milk with Evelyn Stueve, house cleaning and home health. Her most notable job was the lady at J.C. Penney’s with the big hair.
Donna is survived by her sister Janet (Wayne) Patterson of Idaho Falls, Idaho and brother John (Sandy) Mace of Yuma, Arizona; five children: Don (Mary Cay) of Bonners Ferry, Dennis (Anita) of Chatteroy, Washington, Keith of Coeur d' Alene, Teresa Raaum (Duane) of Bonners Ferry, and Vicki of Spokane, Washington; grandchildren Abby Dinning Onstott (Brett), Dr. Dustin Dinning (Andrea), Hannah Dinning Chase (James), Melissa Dinning Herres (Jake), Lacey Dinning, Donnie Dinning, Aubree Dinning, Victoria Raaum, Aimee Dinning, Kourtney Raaum, Kendra Dinning, and Zachary Raaum; great-grandchildren Chad Maas, Lexie Maas, Madilyn Dinning, Norah Herres, Audrey Dinning, and Finningan Herres. She is also survived by Gifford and Lura Dinning, Evelyn Dinning, Bobby Dinning, Carolyn Dinning, LaVern and Eunice Dinning, Mary Ula (Dinning) and Bud Schaller and numerous nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Ken, parents, and two great grandson, brothers in law Leighton, Irvin, Ray and sister and brother in law Beulah (Dinning) and Lowell Lyle.
Memorials may be sent to the Fry Foundation or Friends of the Restorium.