August 30, 2006
  The ADVOCATE 
  Serving Anderson, Southern Franklin and Western Linn Counties
  Volume 10, No. 66
  Transcribed with permission of Vern Brown
  
  Page 5, Column 4:
  
  "Donna June (Riley) Arbuckle
  1934-2006
  Funeral services for Donna June (Riley) Arbuckle, 71, Platte City, MO, were
  Wednesday, August 9, 2006, at Hoover Christian Church.  Interment was in Platte City
  Cemetery.  Mrs. Arbuckle died Saturday, August 5.
  Donna June Arbuckle was born December 23, 1934, at Welda, the daughter of Johnnie
  Joseph and Lillie Mae (Hurst) Riley.  She graduated from Westphalia High School with
  the Class of 1952.
  Donna and Robert Arbuckle were married November 6, 1954.  They shared 45 years of
  marriage.  After five years of marriage, they moved to Platte City where they made their
  home.  He preceded her in death in June 2000.
  Donna collected cookbooks and recipes, and loved bird watching.
  Mrs. Arbuckle was also preceded in death by her parents, Johnnie and Lillie Riley; and
  one infant sister, Lillie Joan.
  Donna is survived by her daughter, Patty S. Mallonee of Platte City, MO; her
  granddaughter, Amy L. Ward and her husband Jeff, also of Platte City, MO; her sisters,
  Betty Young and her husband Gene of Garnett and Martha Henry and her husband Elwin
  of Ottawa; her brothers, Gerald Riley and his wife Beverly of Linwood, Larry Riley and
  his wife Gail of Gas City, and Gary Riley and his wife Lynne of Iola; and many nieces,
  nephews, and friends.
  She will be greatly missed by her family.
  Memorials may be made to Hoover Christian Church, in care of Rollins Funeral Home,
  P.O. Box 1094, Platte City, MO 64079."
  
  
  Transcribed for 
  Anderson County
  Kansas
  USGENWEB
  By:  Lulu B. Nixon