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Denna Marie Wakefield, 76, passed away June 5, 2026.
Graveside services will be held at 2:00 p.m. Friday, June 12, 2026, in Westlawn Memorial Park. Cremation is under the direction of Minton Chatwell Funeral Directors of Borger.
Denna was born May 30, 1950, in Borger, Texas to Benjamin Franklin Eshbach Jr. and Mona Marie Frump Eshbach. She married John Charles Wakefield on January 2, 1998, in Borger. Denna held a master’s degree in education. She used that degree for over 37 years helping to share knowledge with handicapped children, elementary students and even tutoring college students in her spare time. Denna loved to read and bake. She loved her dogs, dearly. Nothing brought more joy to her life than her family and friends.
She is preceded in death by her parents, B.F. "Jr", and Mona Eshbach; and her husband, John Wakefield.
Survivors include her sons, Robert Johnston and his wife Christi of Amarillo and Aaron Johnston of Borger, Bryan Wakefield and his wife Julie of Amarillo, David Wakefield of Fritch; grandchildren, Jocelyn, Jacelyn, Ceralyn, Elizabeth, Nicholas, Serenity, Haydyn; four great-grandchildren; sister, Chlo Burris and husband David of Amarillo; family of the heart, Leah and Keith McClelland, Bobby and Suzanne, Sandy Owens, Anne and Dewayne Seitz, Nona Compton, Ashley, Gail and the Library girls, fellow teachers and a host of extended family and friends.
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