Katherine "Terry" Donaldson

KATHERINE “TERRY” DONALDSON PASSED AWAY, PEACEFULLY ON AUGUST 15,2026 UNDER THE DEVOTED CARE OF CUMBERLAND CROSSING MANOR, HOPE HOSPICE AND HER LOVING FAMILY. TERRY WAS BORN IN NEW YORK ON MARCH 20,1932 TO JAMES MICHAEL AND MARY FLORENCE SLATER MARNER. SHE WAS A GRADUATE OF SACRED HEART AND LIVED HER WHOLE LIFE IN THE PITTSBURGH AND THE HAMPTON COMMUNITIES. SHE WAS A VIBRANT, ACCOMPLISHED WOMAN WITH AN ACERBIC WIT AND GRACEFUL STYLE. TERRY HAD EXTRAORDINARY TALENTS AS A GARDENER, SEAMSTRESS, COOK , PARTY PLANNER AND HOSTESS. SHE WAS A BEAUTIFUL IRISH RED HEAD WHO DEVOTED HER LIFE TO HER HUSBAND, LEE, FAMILY, GRANDCHILDREN AND FRIENDS. LEE AND TERRY TRAVELED EXTENSIVELY VISITING EUROPE, ASIA, SOUTH AMERICA AND AFRICA. SHE VOLUNTEERED FOR COUNTLESS CAUSES THROUGH PARKWOOD CHURCH AND HER HOSPICE WORK-ALWAYS SERVING WITH SPIRIT AND COMMITMENT. SHE POSSESSED A ZEST FOR LIFE AND HER BACKYARD POOL-THE FIRST ONE IN THE WATER AND THE LAST ONE OUT. SHE HAD A PREDISPOSITION FOR THE COLOR BROWN AND PAINTED ALL OF HER FURNITURE, HER HOUSE AND EVEN HER BEVERAGE COOLERS…BROWN. SHE HAD IMMPECCABLE TASTE AND HER BACKYARD GARDENS WON ACCLAIM AND MANY UNSOLICITED AWARDS. HER FAMILY WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE CARING STAFF AT CUMBERLAND CROSSING, HOPE HOSPICE AND THE MANY FRIENDS WHO HELPED HER THROUGH THE LAST FEW YEARS INCLUDING SANDI, ELLIE, JODI, SALON U, CHRIS, DONNA AND CAROL. TERRY IS SURVIVED BY HER DAUGHTER KIM (JOHN DINGESS),SON STUART(KAREN),GRANDCHILDREN KATIE(WALTER MAIKISH),JACK(BETH CAMPHOUSE) AND LIZZY(MATT KOLBRENER),GREAT GRANDCHILDREN LEE, JOEY, ELIZA AND JD ,NIECES AND NEPHEWS. SHE WAS PREDECEASED BY HER SON ,LEE (CHERI HUNTER) HER SISTERS PAT AND BETTY LOU AND HER BROTHER JAMES. ALL FINAL ARRANGEMENTS WILL BE PRIVATE WITH A CELEBRATION OF LIFE TO FOLLOW. IN LIEU OF FLOWERS, PLEASE SEND DONATIONS TO HOPE HOSPICE OR A CHARITY OF YOUR CHOICE. ARRANG. MADE BY THE BOCK FUNERAL HOME, LTD., GLENSHAW