Donna Patricia McCarthy Wallace, 90, slipped away in her sleep on September 11, 2021. She was preceded in death by her parents, Catherine and Donald McCarthy, her sisters Mary and Suzie, her husband Bill, her young son Bill, Jr., and her son-in-law Danny McKay. Donna was a resilient woman who made a home for her family wherever her military husband’s moves took them. She won ribbons for her floral arrangements, repaired/refinished antiques, made two of her daughter's wedding dresses from photographs, created stained glass art, painted in oils, helped her grandchildren learn to cook, and could fix almost anything that broke. Donna loved her family, golfing, gardening and canning her own vegetables, sewing/quilting, her cats and dogs, and her work with the St. Vincent de Paul Society in St. Monica’s parish. Donna helped her eight grandchildren learn math skills by teaching them to play poker, and she lived to know her 12 great grandchildren. Besides those many grands, Donna leaves behind her four daughters and their families: Pat Miller, Tereasa Wallace, Elizabeth Wallace, and Corinne McKay. In lieu of flowers, Donna had requested that donations be sent to a charity she, and her husband Bill, supported for 35 years - St. Jude’s Children’s Hospital. Services will be held at St. Monica's Catholic Church in Converse, Texas, on Wednesday, October 20, 2021. Visitation will be at the church at 12:00 p.m., with the funeral mass to follow at 1:00 p.m. The committal service will be held at Ft. Sam Houston Cemetery at 2:30 p.m. after the mass. A reception will follow back at the church.
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