Donna Marie Dannenberg, 1964-2020

Posted Wednesday, November 25, 2020 11:36 am

Graveside service for Donna Marie Dannenberg, 56, of Mineola was held at 2 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 21, 2020 at Turner Cemetery with Deacon Kevin Lenius officiating. The family received friends prior to the service on Saturday from 1 until 2 p.m. at the Croley Funeral Home in Hawkins. Mrs. Dannenberg passed away Friday, Nov. 13, 2020 in Tyler.

Mrs. Dannenberg was born April 6, 1964 in Roswell, N.M. to George and Mary Pacheco Lenius. She married Darren Dannenberg on March 26, 1986 in Abilene and raised a family of two sons and one daughter. Donna worked many years as a realtor assistant at Eldridge Realty. She will be greatly missed by many friends and family members.

She is survived by her husband of 34 years, Darren Dannenberg; mother Mary Lenius; sons, Maxwell Dannenberg and wife, Hannah, and Jacob Dannenberg, and his wife Ashley Meador; daughter, Zoey Dannenberg; brothers, Jorge Lenius and wife, Sharon and James Lenius and his wife, Denee; sisters, Deborah Green and husband, Tommy and Darlene Anderson and her husband, Dwight; and granddaughter, Kathrine Dannenberg.

Donna was preceded in death by her father, George Lenius.

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