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Francis Donovan Obituary

DONOVAN, FRANCIS EDWARD JR., of Pawtucket, RI, formerly of Brookline, MA, September 23, 2008. Beloved son of the late Francis E. and Doris M. (Strange) Donovan. Loving brother of Carol A. Milani and her late husband Donato, Dianne Mosher and her husband Raymond all of Walpole, MA, Robert M. and his wife Patricia of Ireland, Joanne McInnis of Worcester, MA, Mary Anne Gallagher and her husband Joseph of Amherst, NH and Patricia A. Anderson and her husband John of Norfolk, MA. Devoted uncle of Abigail and Keith Anderson as well as many other nieces, nephews and great nieces and nephews.

Funeral from the Bell-O'Dea Funeral Home, 376 Washington St., BROOKLINE, MA Monday morning at 9:10 followed by a Funeral Mass in St. Mary of the Assumption Church, Brookline, MA at 10:00. Relatives and friends are kindly invited. Visiting hours Sunday from 3 - 7. Interment St. Joseph Cemetery. Graduate of Boston College Class of 1970. Late Director of Reimbursement for Memorial Hospital, Pawtucket, RI.

In lieu of flowers donations in Frank's name may be made to the Make-A-Wish Foundation, One Bullfinch Pl. 2nd Floor, Boston, MA 02114 www.mass.wish.org or the American Liver Foundation, N.E. Chapter, 88 Winchester St., Newton, MA 02461 www.liverfoundation.org

To plant trees in memory, please visit the Sympathy Store.

Published by The Providence Journal on Sep. 26, 2008.

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Debbie Pratt

September 26, 2008

My memories of Francis encompass my childhood...I will always remember him taking us to Disney World, NH Chalet and slides, birthday parties with his ice cream truck, and the dvd movies he had before anyone else. He was a kind, caring and giving man. Cherish your memories!!!
Thinking of all of you at this time.
Love, Debbie (Murphy) Pratt

Alina W

September 26, 2008

Good Bye to the Dearest Friend

You have left, our dearest Friend
Like the first Autumn leaf
Propelled by a gentle wind
To a Miraculous Land of Dreams ..

Alina, Krzysztof, Jack and Thomas

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