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Donna J. Vining

1935 - 2026

Donna J. Vining obituary, 1935-2026, Bozeman, MT

BORN

1935

DIED

2026

FUNERAL HOME

Franzen-Davis Funeral Home & Crematory - Livingston

118 North 3rd Street

Livingston, Montana

Donna Vining Obituary

Donna J. Vining was born on Friday the 13th of September 1935 in Fort Peck, Mt. in a one room tar paper shack. Her father, uncle and grandfather all worked on the Fort Peck dam as construction workers. Her early life was spent going to schools all over the north west finally ending up in Lewistown, Mt. Donna went on to get her degree in accounting and business management while being married to a career military man and moving many times over the next thirty years.

Donna is survived by her son, William "Waddy" Vining; grandsons, Robert J. (Lindsi) Vining and Zachary (Jenny) Vining; granddaughters; Tiffany A. Vining, Tamara J. Belcourt, Sasha Vining and Samatha Adams; one brother, Thomas L. (Teresa) Eads and several great grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by the absolute love of her life, her husband Earl A. Vining; five of her six children, Denise R. Wilson, Susan L. Foxx, Peggy J. Dille, Allen S. Vining and James W. "Tyke" Vining, and one grandson, B.J. Vining.

Donna will be interred next to her husband Earl in Arlington Nation Cemetery in Washington, D.C.

To offer condolences visit www.franzen-davis.com.

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Published by Bozeman Daily Chronicle on Jan. 24, 2026.

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