Donna J. (Luke) Walton

 

Donna J. (Luke) Walton, 68, of Caroline Avenue, Ipswich, died Sunday, July 24, 2016 in her home following  a long illness.

Born July 6, 1948 in Melrose, she was the only child of Dorothy T. (Kennedy) Luke, of Beverly, and the late George J. Luke, Jr. Donna was raised in Peabody and Beverly and was a 1966 graduate of Beverly High School. Donna was a stay at home mom while raising her three children. Moving to Ipswich in 1984, she later went to work as a dietary aide at the Stephen Caldwell Nursing Home, where she worked for over twenty years until the facility closed.

Donna loved her pets. Over the years she had many that were dear to her heart. There was Sandy, Caesar and Winnie.  She also enjoyed her trips to the mountains of New Hampshire , attending fairs and decorating for  and enjoying the holiday seasons.  Her greatest joy however, was spending time with and spoiling her five grandchildren.  

She was predeceased by her husband William I. Walton in October 2015.  In addition to her mother she is survived by  two sons, Scott Walton and his wife Julie, and Mark Walton and his wife Cara, all of NH: a daughter, Victoria Walton of Gloucester;  five grandchildren, Abigail, Emily, Alexander, Gabriel, and Zachariah all of NH and  aunts, uncles, and cousins.

Private arrangements are under the direction of the Whittier-Porter Funeral Home of Ipswich .