LORENE LYNNE DONAHEY REESE, 79, OF SHAWNEE, KS, PASSED AWAY AT HER HOME ON THURSDAY,
JANUARY 23, 2025. A GATHERING CELEBRATING LORENE'S LIFE WILL BE HELD ON SUNDAY FEBRUARY 9TH FROM
11 A.M. TILL 2:00 P.M. AT THE SPRING HILL COMMUNITY CENTER, 613 S. RACE ST., SPRING HILL KS 66083.
AN INURNMENT SERVICE WILL BE HELD AT PLEASANT VIEW CEMETERY IN LOGAN,
KS, AT A LATER DATE.
LORENE WAS BORN ON JULY 26, 1945, IN A FARMHOUSE BUILT INTO THE BANK OF THE NORTH FORK
SOLOMON RIVER NEAR SPEED, KS, THE DAUGHTER OF LAWRENCE AND IRENE (BRADY) DONAHEY. SHE
WAS A GRADUATE OF LOGAN HIGH SCHOOL (CLASS OF 1963) AND RECEIVED A BACHELOR OF BUSINESS
EDUCATION FROM FORT HAYS STATE COLLEGE, 1968.
PRIOR TO MOVING TO THE KANSAS CITY AREA IN THE 1970s, LORENE AND HER HUSBAND, DENNIS
REESE, LIVED IN HAYS, KS. LORENE WORKED IN THE PERSONNEL DEPARTMENT OF THE REGIONAL
OFFICE OF MONTGOMERY WARD PRIOR TO WORKING IN THE PERSONNEL AND INVESTMENTS
DEPARTMENTS OF BANK OF AMERICA. SHE RETIRED IN 2015.
LORENE IS SURVIVED BY HER SIBLINGS AND THEIR SPOUSES, LINDA AND PHIL TYSINGER, TOPEKA, KS,
DARYL AND SHERRY DONAHEY, MANHATTAN, KS, LARRY AND MARILYN DONAHEY, NORTON, KS, AND
REX AND ELIZABETH DONAHEY, FARMINGTON HILLS, MI. LORENE ALSO LEAVES BEHIND NUMEROUS
NIECES AND NEPHEWS, ALL OF WHOM SHE LOVED AS HER OWN CHILDREN. SHE WILL BE MISSED
BY THEM AND HER TREASURED FRIENDS, ALL WHO SHARED COUNTLESS DINNERS, ADVENTUROUS
TRAVELS, AND HEARTFELT VISITS FILLED WITH LAUGHTER AND LOVE.