Donna Lee Busby McGee, a resident of Taylor, Arizona, passed away peacefully in her sleep on September 1, 2019, at the age of 87. Donna is the daughter of the late Dorrity Busby and Shirley Lee. Donna was born on March 5, 1932, in Tucson, Arizona where she grew up and graduated from high school.
She married Norman McGee and together they had eleven children, Randy, Kim, Lori Jean, Dana, Kelly, Jackie, Rance, Carrie, Tracy, Toni, and Jared. They have 28 grandchildren, lots of great-grandchildren and still counting.
Donna had many talents. She often cooked for large groups not just her family. She was frugal and in the old pioneer way, she would take her gun down in the wash and shoot, skin, and dress rabbits for dinner. She made Christmas candy, and loved teaching her grandkids all her secrets. She even went camping on horseback. She loved dancing and taught many youth how to dance. She even choreographed dance festivals to be taken to BYU.
She held many church callings including, Relief Society President, chorister, organist, teacher and loved Visiting Teaching. She was one of the first women to be taken to California to learn the Young Woman’s camp certification program and return to teach it in Arizona. She was a camp director for many seasons. She and her husband, Norman, served a couple mission in Peoria, Illinois, for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
She will be missed by her family and friends, but she will have a joyous reunion with her husband and family members who have passed on.
A viewing will be held at the Silver Creek Stake Center at 309 W. Willow Lane. in Taylor, Arizona, at 1 pm on Saturday, September 7, 2019, followed by services at 2 pm, and interment at the Reed Hatch Memorial Cemetery. Silver Creek Mortuary is handling the arrangements.
She married Norman McGee and together they had eleven children, Randy, Kim, Lori Jean, Dana, Kelly, Jackie, Rance, Carrie, Tracy, Toni, and Jared. They have 28 grandchildren, lots of great-grandchildren and still counting.
Donna had many talents. She often cooked for large groups not just her family. She was frugal and in the old pioneer way, she would take her gun down in the wash and shoot, skin, and dress rabbits for dinner. She made Christmas candy, and loved teaching her grandkids all her secrets. She even went camping on horseback. She loved dancing and taught many youth how to dance. She even choreographed dance festivals to be taken to BYU.
She held many church callings including, Relief Society President, chorister, organist, teacher and loved Visiting Teaching. She was one of the first women to be taken to California to learn the Young Woman’s camp certification program and return to teach it in Arizona. She was a camp director for many seasons. She and her husband, Norman, served a couple mission in Peoria, Illinois, for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
She will be missed by her family and friends, but she will have a joyous reunion with her husband and family members who have passed on.
A viewing will be held at the Silver Creek Stake Center at 309 W. Willow Lane. in Taylor, Arizona, at 1 pm on Saturday, September 7, 2019, followed by services at 2 pm, and interment at the Reed Hatch Memorial Cemetery. Silver Creek Mortuary is handling the arrangements.
Donna Lee Busby McGee, a resident of Taylor, Arizona, passed away peacefully in her sleep on September 1, 2019, at the age of 87. Donna is the daughter of the late Dorrity Busby and Shirley Lee. Donna was born on March 5, 1932, in Tucson, Arizona where she grew up and graduated from high school.
She married Norman McGee and together they had eleven children, Randy, Kim, Lori Jean, Dana, Kelly, Jackie, Rance, Carrie, Tracy, Toni, and Jared. They have 28 grandchildren, lots of great-grandchildren and still counting.
Donna had many talents. She often cooked for large groups not just her family. She was frugal and in the old pioneer way, she would take her gun down in the wash and shoot, skin, and dress rabbits for dinner. She made Christmas candy, and loved teaching her grandkids all her secrets. She even went camping on horseback. She loved dancing and taught many youth how to dance. She even choreographed dance festivals to be taken to BYU.
She held many church callings including, Relief Society President, chorister, organist, teacher and loved Visiting Teaching. She was one of the first women to be taken to California to learn the Young Woman’s camp certification program and return to teach it in Arizona. She was a camp director for many seasons. She and her husband, Norman, served a couple mission in Peoria, Illinois, for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
She will be missed by her family and friends, but she will have a joyous reunion with her husband and family members who have passed on.
A viewing will be held at the Silver Creek Stake Center at 309 W. Willow Lane. in Taylor, Arizona, at 1 pm on Saturday, September 7, 2019, followed by services at 2 pm, and interment at the Reed Hatch Memorial Cemetery. Silver Creek Mortuary is handling the arrangements.
She married Norman McGee and together they had eleven children, Randy, Kim, Lori Jean, Dana, Kelly, Jackie, Rance, Carrie, Tracy, Toni, and Jared. They have 28 grandchildren, lots of great-grandchildren and still counting.
Donna had many talents. She often cooked for large groups not just her family. She was frugal and in the old pioneer way, she would take her gun down in the wash and shoot, skin, and dress rabbits for dinner. She made Christmas candy, and loved teaching her grandkids all her secrets. She even went camping on horseback. She loved dancing and taught many youth how to dance. She even choreographed dance festivals to be taken to BYU.
She held many church callings including, Relief Society President, chorister, organist, teacher and loved Visiting Teaching. She was one of the first women to be taken to California to learn the Young Woman’s camp certification program and return to teach it in Arizona. She was a camp director for many seasons. She and her husband, Norman, served a couple mission in Peoria, Illinois, for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
She will be missed by her family and friends, but she will have a joyous reunion with her husband and family members who have passed on.
A viewing will be held at the Silver Creek Stake Center at 309 W. Willow Lane. in Taylor, Arizona, at 1 pm on Saturday, September 7, 2019, followed by services at 2 pm, and interment at the Reed Hatch Memorial Cemetery. Silver Creek Mortuary is handling the arrangements.
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