La Doska Jane Donahue Scribner McClenny died on July 3, 2025 at the age of 94. She was proceeded in death by her first husband Herbert L. Scribner (married 1948-1966), second husband Donald McClenny (married 1983-2002), her parents Lynn Donahue and Miller Donahue of Des Arc, Arkansas, her older sister Imogene Griffin Sisna, niece Alicia Jane Wyss, and older brother John (Buddy) Donahue. She is survived by her brother Gary Lynn Donahue of Bebe, Arkansas and twin daughters Denise Scribner of Wichita, KS and Deann Scribner Fleming of San Antonio, TX.

Janie was born during post-Depression years and the Donahue family did anything they could to get by from sharecropping, moving to Louisiana for her father to work at a saw mill, then traveling to Mississippi  when her father went to work at the shipyards before returning to Des Arc.  The family harvested fish from the White River for the town's market and river oysters to make buttons at the local button factory. Her mother also took in laundry and worked in the local cafe while her father traveled to work at the California shipyards, sending money back home to the family before settling down to doing carpentry work and working at the local mill.

While her family called her "Doska," her friends knew her as Janie. When growing up in Des Arc she would walk along the railroad track from the family's sharecropping farm a mile outside of town to attend school. Much later the family moved into town and life became a little easier. Money was always tight and one time, her brother John sent $50 home from his CCC job to pay for Janie's school books. She completed a three year accelerated program to graduate Des Arc High School at the age of 16.

After her marriage to Herbert in 1948, they traveled to Ohio and Illinois for work opportunities. Janie and Herb came to Kansas in 1950 when Herb was hired as a mechanical engineer by The Boeing Company. Janie began her career with Boeing in 1951. She gave birth to twin daughters Deann and Denise in 1954, returning immediately after maternity leave to work at Boeing in electrical/electronics. After 24 years with Boeing she was promoted to First Line Supervisor in the Metal Bond area then sent to IPB#1 as Electrical Supervisor.

In 1984 she was sent to lead a crew on the Boeing flight line to work electrical modifications on Piedmont Airline planes and was awarded Supervisor of the Year. Janie broke the "glass ceiling" in management as one of the first women to become a Second Level Supervisor for The Boeing Company in Wichita. She developed a reputation through her leadership skills of meeting and exceeding quality standards of work while completing the job by or prior to deadlines.

Janie, as Second Level Manager, led crews working on the Lunar Roving Vehicle (LRV) for NASA that ultimately went to the moon, electrical wiring of Air Force One during the Regan administration, Bell Helicopters, and  Saudi Arabian airplanes to name a few. She worked for The Boeing Company until retirement in 1992 after 41 years of service.

With her second husband Donald, they celebrated retirement for several years with visits to her mother until her death and traveling the world. In 2000 they purchased the 1912 National Register of Historic Places home in Des Arc locally known as the Bethel House to live in Des Arc. However after Donald's death in 2022, Janie sold the historic home and returned to Wichita, KS becoming active with the Boeing Retiree Clubs.  She also enjoyed doing yard work, traveling to see her twin daughters and going on trips with them to see several National Parks, Walt Disney World and cruises on the Disney Cruise Line.

As Father Time began to embrace Janie she became content to remain in her home of 63 years in Wichita, KS until entering an assisted living facility in March 2025.  During the last three years of her life she dealt with several health issues including a hip replacement and other surgical procedures, beating melanoma cancer twice, and finally congestive heart failure prior to entering hospice care.

Per Janie's wishes there will be no church services or memorials conducted. If you would like to view her "Legacy of Life" video, please search cozine.com/obituaries Donations in her memory may be sent directly to the Kansas Humane Society, 3313 North Hillside, Wichita, KS 67219. Her remains will be interred at the family plot located at the Hazen Cemetery on July 17, 2025.