Donna Quantrell

Donna May Quantrell 9/12/1944-12/24/2023 Donna May Quantrell left this Earth and made her grand entrance into Heaven early the morning of Christmas Eve. Donna known by many as Granny sure had a way of doing things her own way and her exit was no different. Donna was born Sept 12, 1942 to Leonard and Della Drace @ St. Elizabeth hospital in Yakima WA, she attended school in Wapato. Donna spent her years working in various healthcare roles, she worked as a caregiver at St. Elizabeth hospital, Memorial home healthcare and retired from Toppenish Nursing and Rehab center. Donna Married her first husband Howard Ough April 27, 1962 and from this marriage came her two children Kimberly Kay and Terrence Ray. Donna and Howard were divorced in 1976. She went on to marry the true love of her life, Keith Quantrell on March 10th, 1977. They had a one of a kind love. They enjoyed traveling, he really brought out the adventurer in her. They enjoyed spending time together and with their family. This marriage brought 4 additional adult children, step-daughters Becky, Shirley, Sherry and Lisa. Donna enjoyed genealogy and she had every line of her family traced back for many generations. She also told anyone she came in contact with about “River Rock Ranch” and how many beefalo they(Terry, Donna and Nick) had. Oh, the excitement she had as she would tell of the new calves as they were born and always wanted to show off her pictures. After Keith passed away she continued to do some traveling with her sister Marylin and her longtime friend Mary Lou Dills. Her favorite thing was spending time with her family, she was always ready to enjoy a good burger or ice cream with her great granddaughters. She was a long-time member of the First Baptist Church of Wapato. She enjoyed her role of publishing the newsletter for many years. She was preceded in death by her husband Keith Quantrell, her parents Leonard Drace, Della and Step-father Leo Steckler. She is survived by her sister Marylin Olds, her children Kim and Terry, stepdaughters Becky, Shirley, Lisa and Sherry. Grandchildren Jeff (Marissa) Ough, Heather (Albert) Rodriguez, Joe (Crystal) Ough, Brandy (Miguel) Miranda, Nicholas Ough, Joshua Miranda, Justin (Chelsea) Kenton, Amanda Kenton, and Kristina (Dale) Boyce. She is also survived by 21 GREAT Grandchildren. As a family we would like to extend a very special thank you to Dr. Ling, Nurses Becky A and Sarah and the entire Wapato Davita team. Our care with Davita always felt like an extension of our family. Granny looked forward to her office visits. She enjoyed visiting, giving everyone a hard time and a good laugh. May God bless each of you! A celebration of life will be held at First Baptist Church of Wapato on Friday January 5th at 11:00 AM with graveside at Reservation Community Memorial Park in Wapato, Friday January 5th at 1:00 PM. There will be a time for fellowship and potluck back at the church following the graveside service. In lieu of flowers please consider a donation in Donna’s memory to her home church, contributions can be sent to the First Baptist Church of Wapato. To order memorial trees or send flowers to the family in memory of Donna Quantrell, please visit our flower store.