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Donna J. (Boucher) Hall

Posted 2016-09-27 by Pat R
Spokesman-Review (Spokane, WA)
Sunday, September 25, 2016

Donna J. Hall (1928-2016)

Donna recently passed away on September 19, 2016 at Hospice House South in Spokane, WA. She was born on September 14, 1928 in Lawrence, Massachusetts to Amy (Hansford) and Donat Boucher. She graduated from McIntosh Jr. College, attended art school at UMass, Lowell and studied at the Whistler House studio in Lowell also. For many years, Donna assisted her husband in the family business, J.P. Hall Company in Lowell, MA. She also worked along side Bill at Frontier Furniture in Wickenburg, AA (sic: AZ). Donna married Willard (Bill) G. Hall on September 21, 1947 at St. Lawrence O'Toole Catholic Church in Lawrence, MA. Bill preceded her in death, January 18, 2016. They resided in Lowell, MA until 1971 when they retired to Wickenburg, Arizona. Following the death of her husband Bill in 2014, Donna then moved to Spokane Valley, WA to be near her daughter and family. She resided at Orchard Crest for two years.

Donna is also preceded in death by her late parents and her late sister, Gloria (Harry) McCartney and several brothers and sisters-in-law. She is survived by her daughter, Gail Hall Gibson and her husband, Wayne, of Spokane Valley, WA, a granddaughter Betsy (Curtis) Norsen of Bend, WA, a grandson, Robert O. Nelson, Jr. (Ann) of San Diego, CA plus five grandsons, Aidan, Jack and Tate Nelson, Harper Norsen and Blake Gibson. Donna is survived by her extended family in Spokane and is also survived by several nieces and nephews and their children back East including Maury (Annette) O'Connor, Howard (Joanne), Mary Graham (Doug), Jim (Cheryl) Hall, Jack (Nancy) Janet (David) and Olivia (David) Morris back East.

Arrangements are being handled by Hennessy Funeral Home. Services will be at Saint Anthony of Padua Church in November in Wickenburg, Arizona. In lieu of flowers, you may send donations to Hospice House of Spokane, PO Box 2215, Spokane, WA 99210.

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