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Donna Jo Pena (Bates-Frederick)

February 15, 1949 - June 17, 2021

Age 72, of Chico, TX passed away Thursday, June 17, 2021 at Wise Health System in Decatur, TX. Born February 15, 1949 in Joliet, IL to the late Robert and Dorothy (nee Lewis) Frederick. Donna retired from the Illinois Department of Motor Vehicles as a driver’s license instructor. She married Antonio Pena June 5, 1995 in Eureka, AR and soon after they made their home in Texas. She greatly enjoyed attending the Cowboy Church in Houston, TX and also loved horseback riding and collecting American Indian décor and memorabilia. Surviving are her husband of twenty-six years, Antonio “Tony” Pena of Chico, TX; daughter, Amy Jo Welker of Dwight, IL; two sons, Robert Bates of Gardner, IL and Charles “Dusty” Bates of FL; three step children, Monica of TX, Sheila of WI, and Tony, Jr. of IL; six grandchildren, Chelsey and Molly Welker, Zoe Hassett, Maggie, Robert, Jr., and Clare Bates; and six great-grandchildren. Preceding her in death were her parents; and step-father, Clarence Latham. Visitation for Donna will be at the R.W. Patterson Funeral Home & Crematory, Braidwood, Thursday, June 24, 2021 from 4-8 p.m. Funeral services will also be at the funeral home, Friday, June 25, 2021 at 11:00 a.m. Interment will follow in Woodlawn Memorial Park in Joliet, IL. For more information and to visit her online guestbook, please log on to www.rwpattersonfuneralhomes.com or find us on Facebook.

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Age 72, of Chico, TX passed away Thursday, June 17, 2021 at Wise Health System in Decatur, TX. Born February 15, 1949 in Joliet, IL to the late Robert and Dorothy (nee Lewis) Frederick. Donna retired from the Illinois Department of Motor Vehicles... View Obituary & Service Information

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