Donna, also known by certain friends as “Ellen”, was born and raised in Waltham, MA. She graduated from Waltham High School in 1975 and from Mass Bay Community College in 1981 with a degree in Accounting.
Donna worked at McCormack & Dodge in Natick from 1984-1988. She then moved to TA Associates in Boston as a Marketing Assistant until her retirement in 2012.
Donna moved to Falmouth in 2020 to be closer to her family.
She is predeceased by her parents, Vincent and Gertrude Hayes; her siblings: Vincent, Paul, Kevin, James, & Timothy. She leaves behind a brother, Thomas Hayes of Belmont, sisters: Patricia Claybrook and Mary Little of Falmouth, and her nieces and nephews.
Arrangements are under the direction of Nickerson-Bourne Funeral Home in Bourne, MA.
A Mass of Christian Burial will take place on July 29, 2021 at 11AM at St. Anthony's Catholic Church, 167 E Falmouth Hwy, East Falmouth, MA 02536. Burial will be at a later date.