Donna Mae Mayo, 71, a long-time resident of Irving, died Friday, July 16, 2021 at a Dallas hospital. Born June 17, 1950 in Long Prairie, Minnesota, she was the daughter of the late Donald L. Thornquist and Eloise Marie Quinn Thornquist. She graduated from Bishop Dunn High School in Dallas. She was a secretary and human resources clerk at Purvis Bearing before retiring. On July 3, 1993 she married Michael B. Mayo. She was a member of Saint Lukes Catholic Church.
Preceded in death by her parents and a son, Gregory Flores of Kentucky, she is survived by her husband Mike Mayo of Irving; three daughters, Stephanie Bridges and husband Patrick of Lakeway, Texas, Victoria Flores of Plano, and Jesseca Shifflett of Dallas; two grandchildren, Max Flores and Valerie Flores of Louisville, Kentucky; five sisters, Elizabeth Valdez of Grand Prairie, Susan Sawyers of Coppell, Linda Robbins of New Orleans, LA, Rita Stewart of Mesquite, and Sandra Liebau of Grand Prairie; two brothers, John Thornquist and Steve Thornquist, both of Irving, Texas; three step daughters, Jennifer Mayo of Mandeville, Louisiana, Charlotte Noblitt of Lewisville, Texas, and Sharon Frazier of Maypearl, Texas; and six step-grandchildren, Jessica Mouler, Mikayla Mouler, Chloe Noblitt, Carter Noblitt, Andre Mayo, and Joshua Frazier.
The family will receive friends 6:00 - 8:00 p.m. Wednesday, August 11, 2021 at Colonial Funeral Home, 606 West Airport Freeway in Irving. A Rosary service will take place at 7:00 p.m. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to St. Jude's Children's Research Hospital 262 Danny Thomas Place, Memphis, TN (stjude.org 800-805-5856)
SERVICES
Visitation
Wednesday, August 11, 2021
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Donnelly's Colonial Funeral Home
606 West Airport Freeway
Irving, Texas 75062
Rosary
Wednesday, August 11, 2021
7:00 PM
Donnelly's Colonial Funeral Home Chapel
606 West Airport Freeway
Irving, TX 75062