Donna Jean (Luker) Victor July 19, 1933 ~ December 22, 2024 (age 91)

Funeral services for Donna Duncan, 91, of Portales, will be held at 10:00 AM, Sat., Dec. 28, 2024 in the Wheeler Mortuary Chapel with Rev. Phillip Smith officiating.  Burial will follow in the Mt. Zion Cemetery with Scott Duncan, Max Duncan, Brock Hill, Tyler Leadingham, Kyle Carver, Nathan Carver and Stephen Carver serving as pallbearers.  The caring staff of Coronado Care Center have been named as honorary pallbearers.  Memorial contributions may be made to the New Mexico Baptist Children’s Home, P O Box 629, Portales, NM 88130.  The family will receive guests at the funeral home on Friday evening from 6 to 8 PM.

Donna Jean Victor was born July 19, 1933 in Brownfield, TX to the home of Mary Edna (Inman) and Walter Luker, and died Sun., Dec. 22, 2024 at Coronado Care Center in Portales.  Donna graduated from Dora High School in 1950 and married Oscar Edwin Duncan that summer on June 10, 1950. They lived on a dairy and farm in Dora, NM.  She was very involved at the Dora Baptist Church and loved serving in the nursery. Donna loved supporting her children and grandchildren in all their activities.  She helped her children raise show pigs and enjoyed going with them to many fairs. She also enjoyed years of volleyball, playing on her team “the Roadrunners.”  During her years in Dora, Donna belonged to the Dora Homemaker’s Club.  She enjoyed doing various types of crafts and was renowned for her great cookies.

Donna worked faithfully on the family farm for many years. Later she worked at Dora High School and at the Roosevelt County Clerk’s office.  Oscar and Donna moved to Portales in 1990.  After the death of Oscar in 1992 she married Bennie Victor on December 29, 1996.  They resided in Portales, NM on the “Red Barn Farm.”  They enjoyed traveling in their RV and spending time with family. They were members of Emmanuel Baptist Church in Portales.

She is survived by her son and daughter-in-law, Chris and Kathy Duncan of Floyd; two daughters and sons-in-law, Nelda and Kevin Massey of Roswell, NM and Linda and Rendell Carver of Los Alamos, NM; two step-daughters, Reita Kiker of Hondo, NM and Dwayla and Terry Bruington of Gilbert, AZ; ten grandchildren, Emily (Brad) Hill, Scott (Jennifer) Duncan, Megan Leadingham, Tyler Leadingham, Sara Leadingham, Adrienne Carver, Kyle (Kendra) Carver, Nathan (Kelsey) Carver, Stephen (Aly) Carver and Hannah Carver; four step-grandchildren, Lori (Rich) Landfair, Amy (Matt) Bell, Leigh (Scott) Mitchell and Matthew Bruington; ten great-grandchildren and eight step-great-grandchildren; as well as a number of nieces and nephews.  She was preceded in death by her parents, her only sister, Betty Jo Dickerman who died in 1979, her first husband, Oscar Duncan who died June 24, 1992, and by her husband, Benny Victor who died Nov. 5, 2020.

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