Donna Marie Lemmon

November 18, 1946 - August 24, 2019

Donna Marie Lemmon was born in Kansas City, Missouri on November 18, 1946 to Thomas and Zelma Lemmon. Along with her love of working in her flower garden, she loved butterflies and hummingbirds. She really loved listening to Elvis. She loved her children, Danny and Tommy with her first husband, Daniel Banderas, and Janet and Beverly with Royal Moore who she married on July 29, 1968. On October 10, 1974 Donna was baptized as one of Jehovah’s Witnesses and served faithfully till her death. She and Royal loved to travel. They visited Colorado a few times, once riding the cog train to the top of Pikes Peak and then being told to leave because of an impending snowstorm. They visited Niagara Falls, Patterson and Brooklyn Bethel. On a trip to Virginia, she was hospitalized with double pneumonia. Many trips to Branson. On a trip into Mexico, she was detained at the border because she couldn’t understand why she was being asked if she was an American citizen. And, she even got to visit Graceland with her best friend, Sharon. She was proceeded in death by her parents, her brother Ronnie, and sisters Carol and Pam. She is survived by her husband of 51 years Royal Moore; her sister Barbara and husband Tom Perkins; her sons Danny Banderas and wife Julie, and Tommy Banderas and wife Amy; her daughter Janet Diehl and husband Randy, and daughter Beverly Moore; her grandchildren, Claire and Luke Banderas; Diane, Joshua and Anthony Banderas; and Larissa and Nicholas Diehl; nephew Darren Perkins and family, and niece Michelle Perkins. She was a special person in the lives of her family and those that knew her. Her distinct laugh will always be in the memory of all who knew her, and her memory will never leave our hearts and minds.