Barbara Joy Donovan

Barbara Joy Donovan was born in West Seattle in 1953.  She left this earth on May 11th, 2021 with her daughter holding her hand.  Barb had an exuberant personality, happiness followed her wherever she was.  Her vocal laugh was strong, contagious, and filled with joy.  Her emotional intellect made her friends and family confide in her, seek her advice.  She had many very special friendships which she valued with all her heart.  The people in her life could hardly wait to share special life moments with her.  She was a great wife, mother, sister, grandmother, and friend.  She was a lover of animals, including her pet dogs.  When Barb became a Grandmother, she said it was the proudest title she ever held.  Barbara married, had two children whom she raised in West Seattle.  She is survived by her husband Patrick Donovan, two daughters, Aleithe Love and Andrea Donovan, her Grandchildren Hayden Love and Reese Love, her brothers George Eustice, and Gary Eustice, she is preceded in death by her sister Margret (Peggy) Snyder.  She made the world a better place with her time on earth.  She is so missed.

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Arrangements Entrusted to Emmick Family Funeral Home of West Seattle

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