Donna was born in Verdigree, Nebraska on 11/8/27 to Ed and Mary Howard, moving to O'Neill Nebraska as a child she married Darly L. "Pete" Banks on July 3, 1947. They moved to Casper in 1954 when Darly went to work for Natrona County Memorial Hospital.
She was a long time volunteer for the Senior Citizen's Center.
She is survived by daughters: Cathy Franklin and husband of Yakima, Washington and Karen Hale and husband of Billings, Montana; four grandchildren and three great grandchildren; sister, Rosemary Wailes of Greely, Colorado; brother, Alfred Howard of O'Neill, NE; and best friend, Mary Ellen Stewart.
Graveside services will be Wed. Aug. 12, 2009, 2PM at the Oregon Trail State Veterans Cemetery.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Senior Center. A reception will follow the service at the Senior Center. Arrangements under the direction Newcomer Funeral Home.
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