Donna Jean (Wood) Jones, 80, passed away peacefully on July 6, 2021. Donna was born October 8, 1940, the daughter of Blanche (Fay) Wood and Ehrick J. Wood. She grew up in South Pomfret, Vermont where she received her early education. She graduated from Woodstock Union High School in 1958 and went on to obtain her Associates degree in Medical Technology from Carnegie Institute in Boston, MA. Donna was an army wife and worked as a medical technician for several years in Alabama and Texas before going to Germany where she gave birth to her son, Jeffrey, in 1965. In 1966, she settled in Brandon, VT where she was employed at the Brandon Training School as a medical/x-ray technician. In 1970, she relocated to Meriden, Connecticut and worked at Bradley Hospital, then Masonic Home and Hospital until 1997, when she returned to her family home in South Pomfret, Vermont. Donna renovated the family home into the Rosewood Inn Bed & Breakfast where she loved getting to know her guests and hearing about their travels. In her retirement years, she found a home in Woodstock and worked as a traveling lab technician for Staffing Solutions.

Family meant everything to Donna, especially her grandchildren, they were the light of her life. She also loved her dogs. She was never without a furry companion. Donna played a significant role in organizing the WUHS Alumni Weekend Parade for many years and cherished every minute of it. Anyone who knew Donna knew how magical Christmas was to her. Her decorations would light up the neighborhood. She had a heart of gold, she always doing something for someone.

Donna is survived by her son Jeffrey Jones and his wife Anne, of Brandon, Vermont; her grandchildren, Tyler Jones of Tulsa, Oklahoma and Amy Jones of Brandon, Vermont; two sisters, Mary Rose of Windsor, Vermont and Betty Ann Lantz of Woodstock, Vermont; as well as many nieces and nephews. She was predeceased by her sister, Frances Patenaude and her brother, Lawrence (Larry) Wood.

A celebration of life for Donna will be held on Saturday, July 24 ^th from 11:00 - 3:00 at the Thompson Senior Center, 99 Senior Lane in Woodstock.

Contributions, in memory of Donna, may be made to the WUHS Alumni Association, P.O. Box 755, Woodstock, Vermont 05091