Dana Gae (Johnson) Stonehocker (2016)

JOHNSON, LARSEN, MAFFETT, STONEHOCKER

Posted By: Mary Welty Hart
Date: 4/15/2016 at 09:22:43

Winterset Madisonian
Winterset, Iowa
Wednesday, April 13, 2016

DANA STONEHOCKER, Thayer

Dana Stonehocker, 61, of Thayer died Sunday, April 10, 2016, at her home.

Celebration of Life memorial services will be 10:30 a.m. Thursday, April 14, at Powers Funeral Home in Creston, with Pastor Dwayne Henrichs officiating. Interment will be private. Family will have a lunch at the Murray Community Center in Murray, following the Thursday service. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be directed to the Ronald McDonald House.

Dana Gae (Johnson) Stonehocker was born March 9, 1955, in Osceola, a daughter to Duane Johnson and Alice (McCafferty) Johnson. She graduated from at Murray High School with the class of 1973. Dana furthered her education at University of Iowa. On Nov. 20, 1976, Dana was united in marriage to David L. Stonehocker in Des Moines. Together they settled in Thayer before moving to a farm south of Thayer in 1989. Dana worked for 13 years at Bunn-O-Matic, leaving there to attend Southwestern Community College for her nursing degree. She then worked 18 years as a registered nurse with the Madison County Health Care Systems, from where she retired in 2011. Dana was a member of the Murray Church of Christ and the Iowa Nurses Association.

She was preceded in death by her father, Duane Johnson; father-in-law, Lester Stonehocker; brother-in-law, Charles Stonehocker; and sister-in-law, Rosalie (Stonehocker) Larsen.

She is survived by her husband, Dave; mother, Alice Johnson of Murray; two brothers, Greg (Nancy) Johnson of Ankeny and Kevin (Claudia) Johnson of Cazenovia, NY; one sister, Gloria (Tom) Maffett of Lorimor; several other family members and friends.

Powers Funeral Home in Creston is in charge of arrangements.