Mrs. Donita Jewel Embree of Garden City, Missouri was born January 31, 1933 near Ballard, Missouri the daughter of Orva Claude and Margie Lee (Yeates) Jacobs. She departed this life on Friday, July 11, 2008 at Research Medical Center, Kansas City, Missouri at the age of 75 years, 5 months and 10 days.
On June 22, 1949, Donita was untied in marriage to Lyle Wilson Embree in Los Angeles, California.
Donita was a homemaker. She was a member of the American Legion Auxiliary, Garden City Civil Defense and served her community for many years on the Garden City Fall Festival Committee. She enjoyed the outdoors, gardening, flowers, bingo, canning and going to the boats. Donita had lived in the Garden City Community since the 1950's.
Besides her parents she was preceded in death by her husband, Lyle on November 19, 1998 and an infant brother, Jerry.
She is survived by a daughter, Cindy Wilson and husband, Rick, Creighton, Missouri; a special friend whom she condidered a daughter, Tammy Armentrout and husband, Brian, Louisburg, Kansas; a grandson, Dylan; 3 step-grandchildren, Angie, Jessica and Dustin; 3 step-great-grandchildren, Mateo, Katia and Jazmyn; 2 sisters, Frances Schmidli, Leeton, Missouri, Phyllis Richey, Osceola, Missouri; 7 nieces and a nephew; other relatives and many friends.
Funeral Services were held Tuesday, July 15, 2008 at the Dickey Funeral Home in Garden City, Missouri with burial at the Garden City Cemetery, Garden City, Missouri.
Family request that memorial contributions may be made to the Garden City Fire Protection District.