Ann J. Donato
...retired from Wang, co-owned City Auto Seat Cover in Lowell; 86
NO. TEWKSBURY - Ann J. (Sciacca) Donato, age 86, died Friday, March 28, at Saints Medical Center in Lowell, following a brief illness. She was the wife of Steven Donato, who died in 1987.
She was born in Lawrence, October 9, 1921, a daughter of the late Dominic and Alfia (Faro) Sciacca. She was raised in Lawrence, but had lived the greater part of her life in No. Tewksbury. She was a communicant of St. Robert Bellarmine Parish in West Andover.
She and her husband founded and co-owned the City Auto Seat Cover Company in Lowell, and later Mrs. Donato worked for Wang Laboratories.
She is survived by two daughters, Toni Chojnowski of Deland, FL., and Paula Guillemette of Merrimack, NH; a sister, Rose Vallanti of Methuen; two brothers, Salvatore Sciacca of Lawrence and Joseph Sciacca of Methuen; four grandchildren, Jarrod Fuhs of Jaffrey, NH, Michael Fuhs of Tewksbury, Lisa Ann Chojnowski and Eric Chojnowski, both of FL; four great grandchildren, Steven, Nicole, Hanna, and Chloe.
Her Funeral Mass was celebrated on Monday, March 31, in St. Roberts Bellarmine Church, W. Andover, MA. Burial was in St. Mary Cemetery, Tewksbury. Memorials to St. Jude Childrens Research Hospital, 501 St. Jude Pl., Memphis, TN 38105-1905, will be appreciated.