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Donna Henn Obituary
Donna Marlene Liles Henn, 92, of Berne, Indiana was called peacefully to her heavenly home on Sunday evening, December 22, 2024, at Swiss Village in Berne.
Donna was born on March 21, 1932, in Greenville, Ohio, to Charles Phister Liles and Sally Ann Young Liles. She grew up in Kentucky; Cherryvale, Kansas; Chillicothe, Ohio; and Dayton, Ohio. She graduated from Jefferson Township High School in Liberty, Ohio, in 1950. That same year she married Cecil Bennett Henn on June 14th in Liberty, Ohio, near Dayton.
She is survived by one brother, Robert Liles of Dayton, OH, and two sisters - June Welch of Lafayette, LA, and LulaBelle Geer of Springfield, OH, three children - David Cecil Henn of Santa Rosa, CA; Rhonda Faye Henn Lehman (Steve) of Fort Wayne, IN; Conna Jane Ann Henn Leitz (Luke) of Weston, FL; 8 grandchildren; 19 great-grandchildren; and three great-great-grandchildren.
Donna was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, Cecil, on March 4, 2022, brothers: Marion Lee Liles (in infancy), Charles Liles (when 2 kamikaze pilots attacked the USS Bismark Sea during WWII), Dorman Phister (Bud) Liles, Granville Talmadge Liles, Gayle Dean Liles and Daniel E Liles.
A funeral service will be held at 11:00 a.m. Saturday, January 11, 2025, at the First Mennonite Church in Berne, Indiana, with Pastor Jeff Linthicum officiating. Burial will follow at M.R.E. Cemetery in Berne, Indiana. The family will receive friends from 9:00 to 11:00 a.m. Saturday, January 11, 2025, at the First Mennonite Church in Berne, Indiana.
Arrangements by Zwick & Jahn Funeral Homes, Yager-Kirchhofer Chapel of Berne, Indiana
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Keith Butts
December 25, 2024
To Rhonda and the entire family, We are so very sorry for your loss. Donna and Cecil were so very nice and great friends to Jim and Bonnie Horgan. We have you all in our prayers. So glad she and Cecil are together again.
Keith & Peggy ( Horgan ) Butts
Parrish, FL
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