VINTON:  LaDonna Duncan, age 73, died at her home on Tuesday, June 27, 2006 of Acute Leukemia. 
     Funeral Services will be held at 10:30 AM, Monday, July 3, 2006 at Wesley United Methodist Church with Rev. Rose Blank officiating.  Committal Services will be held at 2:30 PM at the Alden Cemetery in Alden Iowa.  Visitation will be held from 4 to 7 PM on Sunday, July 2, 2006 at the Phillips Family Center in Vinton. 
     At LaDonna's request the casket will remain closed.  In lieu of flowers memorials may be directed to St. Luke's Hospice or the Music Dept. of Wesley United Methodist Church.
     LaDonna was born November 19, 1932 in Woolstock, IA, the only child of Orville and Esther Riley.  LaDonna graduated from Blairsburg High School in1950 and shortly thereafter met her husband, Marlyn.  They were united in marriage at the Alden Methodist Church on September 23, 1951.  Of this union they were blessed with three children, Judith, Janet, and Jon. 
     LaDonna's greatest pleasures in life were her family, her various Cocker Spaniel dogs she owned the past 55 years, her love of music and her piano.  She also enjoyed many and various trips to all 50 states, and several trips abroad.
     In addition to her husband, Marlyn she is survived by her children, Judith Mann, Vinton, IA, Janet (Dr. Timothy) Gerhart,  Peoria, AZ, and Jon (Claire) Duncan, Malvern, PA; her grandchildren, Michael (Jessica) Mann, Omaha, NE, Shannon (Dan) Rittgers, Spring Hill, KS, Nathaniel Gerhart, Glendale, AZ, and Meredith and Christopher Duncan, Malvern, PA; and one great-grandchild, Ethan Mann, Omaha, NE.
     Preceding her in death were her parents, Orville and Esther Riley.