Leigh Margaret Donley

Leigh Margaret Donley 1956-2009 Leigh Margaret Donley died February 13, 2009 after a two-and-one-half-year battle with breast cancer. Born August 29, 1956 in Glendale, CA, Leigh spent most of her childhood in Fresno. She graduated from Bullard High in Fresno in 1974, and attended U.C. Berkeley, where she graduated in 1982 with a B.S. in Conservation of Natural Resources. She later completed her Master's in Library and Information Studies at U.C. Berkeley in 1986, after which she enjoyed a long and varied career as a librarian, most recently with the City of Berkeley Public Library. Leigh met her husband, Greg Fite, at U.C. Berkeley in 1975. They were married in 1984, and lived in El Cerrito, San Leandro and most recently in Castro Valley. They have three children, Annie (17), David (13) and William (9). Leigh leaves behind her mother, Pearl Donley; and sister, Leisa Donley, both of Clovis, CA; sister Leslie Donley, of Bothell, WA; and brother, Bruce Donley of South Lake Tahoe, CA; nieces Mariah and Melody Mandelbaum of Clovis; and nephew Jasper Donley of South Lake Tahoe. Her father, Wallace Donley, preceded her in death in 2007. Services, followed by food and fellowship, are planned for Saturday, March 7, 4 p.m., at the First Baptist Church, 18550 Redwood Road, in Castro Valley, 510.582.0515. The family requests donations in memory of Leigh Donley be sent either to the Women's Cancer Resource Center, 5741 Telegraph Ave., Oakland, CA 94609, 510.601.4040, ext. 101 www. wcrc.org; or to the California Breast Cancer Research Program, University of California Office of the President, 300 Lakeside Dr., 6th Flr, Oakland, CA 94612-3550 888.313.2277 www.CABreastCancer.org/