As a young girl, Donna grew up in Rock Falls but moved in 1949 with her mother and stepfather, Tommy Leonard, to Oklahoma. In 1951, Donna graduated from Capitol Hill High School in Oklahoma City.
She married Burt Corban in 1954 and the couple had three children, Paula Jean Corban Richards, Gregory Charles Corban, and Becky Corban Neff. In 1963, Donna moved with her children to Phoenix where she worked as office manager for INA Insurance Company. She met and later married Don Sell. They shared a loving relationship for 12 years.
Donna lived a long and productive life, traveling and spending time with the people she loved the most, her three children, her 9 grandchildren, her 13 great-grandchildren, and many nieces and nephews. Bingo was one of her favorite pastimes and she frequently won ( or at least said she did!). Although she had been homebound for the past several years, she was a member of St. Elizabeth Seton Catholic Church.
Donna is preceded in death by her husband, parents, and older sister, Marlene Wilkins. She is survived by her sister, Maribeth Leonard Moran, her children and numerous grandchildren.
Her family would like to thank especially the nurses and staff at Peoria Good Shepard because they provided such loving, personal care to their mother.
