Gail Donley Mulkeen

Dear Sean and Conor and Mr. & Mrs. Donley,

My deepest sympathies to you and your families. I am so sorry for your Mom's sufferings. I am happy she was well cared for at the Shepherd Home and that you were able to be with her near the end. She was a woman full of grace, resolve, and strength. I am so happy she delighted in your accomplishments, marriages and families.

Your dear Mom opened her home to me and listened to me cry at a very stressful, confusing and lonely...

Dear Sean and Conor,
The world has lost a wonderful human being. While we grieve her loss, we are mindful of how difficult it must have been for each of you to say good-bye to a mother who delighted in watching the two of you bloom and grow. She was so proud of you. It is a tribute to your mother's loving, kind, and selfless nature that the boys she loved so much came home to be right by her side during these last and most difficult months of her life. May she rest in peace.

Dear Sean, Annemarie, Conor, Missy and family,
What a delight your mother was! And so proud of her boys! I pray that many wonderful memories will bring you comfort now and in the days ahead. It was an honor and privilege to be part of Gail's life these last few weeks and to get to know all of you.
With deepest sympathy,
Lancye

My memories of Gail are from
years ago as young married women with small babies. She had the boys and I had the girls. We met through the friendship of our husbands, and Gail was so gracious with her comforting words to me after the passing of my husband six months ago. I know her family's sadness. Jesus is always near the sad and brokenhearted. I'll remember her family in my prayers in these coming days.

May family and friends find strength in this time of sorrow. I will forever be blessed by Gail's presence during our years working together at Pittsford Middle School. In the years that followed I was the beneficiary of five interns from Gail's program. Ironically in 2004 fate brought me back to my home state of Ohio where I now work at the University of Dayton and I earned my M.S.Ed. Gail will be remembered at a mass in January.

My deepest sympathies to Sean, Conor, family and friends who love Gail at this sad time. May she rest in peace.

My deepest sympathy for your loss. Gail will always be remembered as a dedicated Mom and a lovely person.