Franz Ladonna Westbrook

MILANO— Franz Ladonna Westbrook, 86, of Milano passed away on Sunday, June 16, 2024, in Temple.

Graveside services will be held at 11 a.m. Friday June 21, at Milano Cemetery in Milano.

LaDonna was born on April 25, 1938, in Wichita Falls to Emerson and Agnes Bailey Tuma. She lived in Milano the past 67 years She married Ronald Boyd “Butch” Westbrook on March 23, 1957.

LaDonna was a paraprofessional with the Milano ISD for 45 years.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Ronald Boyd Westbrook, on March 29, 2017, and her parents.

Survivors are her sons, Ronnie Westbrook and wife Doralee of Milano, Michael Westbrook and wife Judy of Dime Box, Karl Westbrook and wife Cathy of Milano; her daughters, Debbie Miller and husband John, Dana Gage and husband Joey, all of Milano; brothers Emerson Dee Tuma, Raymond Lee Tuma and Gordan Edwin Tuma; and a sister, Joyce Ann Epp; also, 16 grandchildren, 23 great-grandchildren, seven great-great-grandchildren and numerous nieces and nephews.

In lieu of flowers, memorial may be made to the Milano Volunteers Fire Department.