Ladonna Biggerstaff Swayne

LaDonna Biggerstaff Swayne, longtime Caney, Kansas, resident now of Shawnee, Kansas, left her earthly home on Monday, October 25, 2010.

She was born June 18, 1929, in Caney, Kansas, to Lloyd and Effie (Hughes) Graves. She attended Caney schools and graduated from Caney High School in 1947. LaDonna married Earle Biggerstaff in May 1948. After Earle's death in November 1987, she married Bill (Sonny) Swayne in October 1992. Sonny also preceded her in death.

LaDonna was a member of the Caney United Methodist Church for 70 years. Through the years, she was very active in serving her church.

LaDonna held an assistant funeral directors license helping her husband in their funeral homes in Caney and Coffeyville. She later worked at Calvert's Department Store in Independence, Kansas.

She was a lifetime member of the Caney Golf Course, Order of the Eastern Star and held the office of Past Worthy Matron. She also was a Mother Advisor for the Order of Rainbow for Girls. LaDonna was a past president of the American Legion Auxiliary and past president of PTA. She was a charter member of the Caney Historical Society and served as an Ambassador, she was also a charter member of the Caney Alumni Association.

LaDonna was preceded in death by her parents; sister, Katherine Graves; and son, Bradley Biggerstaff. She is survived by two daughters, Lori Biggerstaff and husband Greg DiMaggio, and Becki Fink and husband, Steve; daughter-in-law Jonita Biggerstaff; two grandsons, Jason Biggerstaff and wife Samantha, and Braxton Fink; two granddaughters, Mindy and Katiemay Biggerstaff; one step-grandson, Steven Fink; one step-granddaughter Chelsea Fink; and one step-great granddaughter, Avery Fresbee.

The family suggests memorials to the Caney United Methodist Church, 114 N. High Street, Caney, Kansas 67333.

Visitation and Funeral Service

There will be three visitations. Shawnee Visitation will be from 4-6 p.m., Wednesday, October 26, 2010, at the Amos Family Chapel of Shawnee; Coffeyville Visitation will be from 9 a.m.-5 p.m., Friday, October 29, 2010, at David W. Barnes Funeral Home; and Caney Visitation will be from 6-8 p.m., Friday, October 29, 2010, at Potts Chapel.

Funeral service will be at 2 p.m., Saturday, October 30, 2010, at the Caney United Methodist Church, Caney, Kansas. Interment will be at Sunnyside Cemetery in Caney, Kansas.