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Lina McDonald Obituary

AUGUSTA, Ga. - Entered into rest Tuesday, September 18, 2012, Mrs. Isolina Clara Sainati McDonald, 92, loving wife of 45 years to the late Donald Joseph McDonald. Mrs. McDonald was a native of Livorno, Italy but then moved to Augusta in 1956 with her family. She was a member of the Church of the Most Holy Trinity. Mrs. McDonald worked for the Richmond County School System and was a volunteer for St. Joseph Hospital. Family members include daughter: Mary Elizabeth McDonald Smith and husband Robert G. III; sons: Johnny McDonald and wife Deborah, Fr. Allan J. McDonald; grandchildren: David Joseph Smith and wife Jennifer, Rebecca Ann Smith, Johnny McDonald, Jr. and wife Patty, Scott McDonald, Lauren McDonald; great grandchildren: Maxwell Smith, Nicholas Smith, and Bailey Jo McDonald and her cat, Kitty. A Funeral Mass will be held Friday, September 21, 2012 at 12:15 P.M. at the Church of the Most Holy Trinity with Fr. Allan McDonald and Fr. Jacek Szuster celebrants. Burial will follow in Westover Memorial Park. Memorial contributions may be made to Church of the Most Holy Trinity, 720 Telfair St., Augusta, GA 30901. A vigil service will be Thursday evening beginning at 6:00 P.M. and the family will receive friends until 8:00 P.M. at Thomas Poteet & Son Funeral Directors, 214 Davis Rd., Augusta, GA 30907 (706) 364-8484. Please sign the guestbook at www.thomaspoteet.com

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Published by The Augusta Chronicle on Sep. 20, 2012.

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Wes, Lauren & Ethan Lott

September 22, 2012

May our Precious Lord grant His Peace, which passes all understanding, to your family during this time of sorrow. You are in our prayers.

Frances Hill

September 21, 2012

My thoughts and prayers are with you at this time for the loss of your mother.

Matt and Amy Garvin

September 21, 2012

Our thoughts and prayers are with you and your family. God bless you.
Matt and Amy Garvin
Macon,GA

Nancy Williamson

September 21, 2012

Mrs. McDonald was a wonderful inspiration to members of Most Holy Trinity. I will remember always how she and my mother, who was the same age, out-paced us all in Rome on our choir trip. Oh, that I may have that same energy, joy and motivation in my older years. May God bless your family at this time and may she have eternal rest in peace.

janina and pete cregan

September 21, 2012

father mc donald you and your family are in our prayers

Dianne Carter

September 20, 2012

Our thoughts and prayers will be with you tomorrow, Fr. McDonald. May God bless you and all your family.

Kathy Gorla

September 20, 2012

So Sorry for your loss Fr. McDonald. I'll be praying for you.

Grace Yrizarry

September 20, 2012

God bless you all-what a sweet lady! I will always remember her kindness on our choir trip to Italy, and she always greeted me with a smile thereafter. Thank you for sharing her with us!

Unicetine Lewis

September 20, 2012

With my deepest sympathy, Father McDonald you are in prayers.

Linda Lester

September 20, 2012

Father, our thoughts and prayers are with you and your family.

Phyllis Bryant-Williams

September 20, 2012

God Blass and keep the McDonald family.

Jimmy Allen

September 20, 2012

My prayers are with you and your family

Maureen Lizk

September 20, 2012

With my deepest sympathy, Fr. McDonald and family. You are in my prayers.

Sylvan and Connie Thuente

September 20, 2012

God bless and keep the McDonald family, especially Father Allan. You are all in our prayers

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