Donna Alice Bamford

Hanover, NH - Donna Alice Bamford, 73, passed away November 11, 2022 at Dartmouth Hitchcock after a long period of declining health. Donna was a resident of Hanover Terrace Nursing Home.

Donna was born on July 17, 1949, in Brockton, Mass. to William and Eleanore Bamford. She was a graduate of University of Massachusetts and worked as a teacher in Wells, Maine before returning to Mass. where she was a long-time volunteer and employee of South Shore Elder Services coordinating both the senior lunch and Meals-on-Wheels programs in the Hough's Neck area of Quincy.  Donna also volunteered for city and Democratic campaigns including John Kerry's earliest campaigns.

Donna loved visits with her family, the southern Maine coast, cats and children, and knitting and crocheting. In her younger days she would make afghans for her favorite nurses while still in the hospital recuperating from multiple neurosurgeries. She was well known and loved in her Quincy neighborhood as she was always helping others. Donna moved north to the Upper Valley to be closer to family, but her heart stayed to the south.

Donna was predeceased by her parents and brother Michael Bruce. She is survived by sister Tara Eleanore Bamford and sister-in-law Barbara Knauff of Thetford, Vermont, and Heather Margaret Bamford of Cave Junction, Oregon. The family wants to give a heartfelt thanks to all of the caregivers at Brookside Nursing Home and Hanover Terrace who took special care of Donna, and the DHMC Neurology Team for many years of support and compassion.

Donations in Donna's name may be made to UNICEF or to Hanover Terrace, 49 Lyme Rd., Hanover NH 03755 – please write "activities dept" in memo field to help bring our friends the live music and pizza parties that keep life special.