Donna Elizabeth Busby went home to be with the Lord on Tuesday, September 11, 2012 in Harford Memorial Hospital, Havre de Grace, Maryland. Born in Portland, Maine on March 29, 1921, she was the daughter of the late Harold and Minnie Davidson.
Donna was preceded in death by her husband, Louis J. Busby, Sr. and her son, Louise J. Busby, Jr.
Donna worked as a nurse’s aide at Calvert Manor Healthcare Center of Rising Sun, Maryland until 1986. She loved animals and she loved to read books.
Donna leaves behind two children: Jeanne Marie Busby Gunn and husband, William D. Gunn of Havre de Grace, MD and Marguerite E. Towson and husband, Robert K. Towson of Perryville, MD; she also leaves behind one niece, Carolyn Hess and husband, Edwin Hess of Fallston, MD; two grandchildren, Sarah Elisabeth Gunn Andersen and husband, Michael Andersen of Cordova, MD and Angela Marie Fleming and husband, Lance W. Fleming, Jr. of Perryville, MD; and four great-grandchildren. She is also survived by her beloved pet beagle, Charlie.
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Pleasant View Baptist Church or to the ASPCA in care of Lee A. Patterson & Son Funeral Home, P.A., P.O. Box 766, Perryville, MD 21903-0766.
Funeral services are scheduled for Saturday, September 15, 2012, 3 PM, at the Lee A. Patterson & Son Funeral Home, P.A., Perryville, MD. Visitation for family and friends will be held Saturday, September 15, 2012, 1 PM until 3 PM, at the funeral home prior to the funeral service. Pastor Dr. Harold Phillips of Pleasant View Baptist Church, Port Deposit, MD, will officiate. Interment will be in Brooklawn Memorial Park, Portland, Maine.
Arrangements by Lee A. Patterson & Son Funeral Home, P.A., Perryville, MD.
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