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Donna Runyan

1953 - 2025

Donna Runyan obituary, 1953-2025, Rio Rancho, NM

BORN

1953

DIED

2025

Donna Runyan Obituary

Donna passed away 9/20/2025 after seven years of battling melanoma. She was born at the 5005th Air Force Hospital in Anchorage, Alaska on May 11, 1953.

She was preceded in death by her mother, Bessie and sister, Denise.

She is survived by her father Don Runyan of Bentonville AR; sisters Karen (John) Kidney of Vermillion SD, and Sandy (Mark) Tillwick of Omaha NE; brother-in-law Keith Johnson of Merriam KS; and nieces and nephews.

Donna was a graduate of Clarinda High School, Iowa Western Community College and the University of Iowa. Her career with the Job Corps/Dept of Education took her to Kansas City, Washington DC and Chicago. She retired in Albuquerque NM. She loved to travel and visited 35 countries over her lifetime.

To plant trees in memory, please visit the Sympathy Store.

Published by Shenandoah Valley News Today on Oct. 8, 2025.

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