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Jane gray
May 20, 2023
Always remembering Donna. What a wonderful person and Foreign Service Officer.
Jane Gray
August 26, 2020
Donna was the most wonderful person and most effective officer I worked for and knew in the Foreign Service. My mentor, my friend, Rest In Peace. May God bless and keep her family.
Kathryn HANOWELL
November 17, 2019
I am so proud to have spent my college years in the company of who I knew as Donna Downard. I admired her greatly. We were both in the Honors Program, both in Political Science, but Donna went on to serve her country her entire career. I went into Peace Corps and never saw Donna again until a Gamma Phi Beta reunion a bunch of years ago. She was about to join John in his ambassadorship in Lima. We had a wonderful talk but again, our lives diverged.
I wish you, her wonderful family, the treasure of memories you must have of your wife and mother. I am so proud of our State Department public servants of integrity and commitment. I know Donna was one of these.
Kathryn Hanowell, Nooksack, Washington
Mary Jo Fuhrer
August 5, 2019
I am very sorry for your loss. Donna was always so kind to me as a first tour OMS in Lima. I send my prayers and thoughts to your family and hope your memories help provide a little comfort in this difficult time.
George Kachmar
August 3, 2019
John,
My condolences to you and your family.
Although our paths did not cross afterwards, I remember Donna and you well from our A100 class days.
George Kachmar
July 4, 2019
Donna was a dear friend during her years in Lima.
I am so sorry to learn of her death although I knew she was quite ill.
I hope your family is quite united during this difficult stage.
Fondly, Evelyn Gleiser
Kathleen (Crowe) Vestre
June 20, 2019
So very sorry to hear of Donna's passing. She and I met in the three-year-old class at Sunday school and were friends throughout our school years. In addition, she did me the honour of being one of my bridesmaids when I married in 1964. We shared some emails when she was in Guatemala and I think of her often. My heart goes out to her family.
May 29, 2019
My sincere condolences to the family. May you find comfort in God who hears your prayers and sees your tears.Isaiah 38:5
Cheryl Williams
May 26, 2019
I'm a LWV member, and as I was deciding whether to have just a hysterectomy or an oophorectomy too, that VERY DAY she called me and told me she was stepping down as VP because of her cancer. Talking to her made my decision. You can take condolence in the fact that your mom's timing saved my life. I will be forever grateful to her. Thanks for letting me let you know how she affected me.
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