Donna Jean Kidd, 75, died Feb. 11, 2007, after a long battle with cancer.
She was born on Oct. 29, 1931, to apple ranchers in Wenatchee, Wash. She was one of three sisters.
Both her parents preceded her in death, as did one sister, Gloria Gellatly. Her husband passed away in 1981.
She is survived by her sister, Verna Black, of Seattle, Wash., and a number of nieces and nephews, spread throughout Washington.
Also survivng her are Randall Glenn Kidd, her son, a resident, of Ballard, Wash., and his wife Wendi Kidd, with their children, Douglas (16) and William (8); and her daughter Donita Jean Kidd, of Marysville, Wash., and son, Sean Douglas Donelon (17).
She grew up on 10 acres of apple orchards, in Wenatchee, where she went to school, took piano lessons for years and then belonged to a sorority house in Pullman, Wash., where she attended business school.
Her interests included typing, volleyball, playing the piano, bowling on a team, gardening, aerobics and her biggest love was to sit down to a good mystery and read for hours.
She married in the early 50s to Glenn Douglas Kidd and moved to Edmonds, Wash., where they raised two children. While raising her children she devoted all her time to their growing up and taking them to all their activities.
After her children left home she then got a job as an in service secretary at Stevens Hospital. They sold their home and moved to Lynnwood, Wash., traveled to the East Coast and took trips to the Caribbean, Mexico and Haiti. They finally settled down in Marysville, where they resided for 30 years.
After the sudden death of her husband in 1981, she then started working at 50 years of age at Sno-Isle Regional Headquarters Library as a cataloger. Her joy was to always be surrounded by books. There for 20 years, she retired in 2001 at the age of 70 and found joy as a member of Golds Gym in Marysville, where she joined an aerobic group called the Silver Sneakers, for four years.
She always loved her special visits from her favorite son-in-law, Raymond Joseph Donelon, of Marysville. They had a close bond and always enjoyed the quiz from the paper together.
She was a 26 year survivor of breast cancer, and then fell ill in September when she was diagnosed with lung cancer and lost her battle on Feb. 11, 2007.
Her family would like to give a special thanks to the people of Hospice who gave her extra ordinary care and showed her great dignity. She died at home with her family present.
In lieu of flowers, please donate to the Cancer Society or Snohomish Library systems.