COLAVINCENZO PATRICIA DONAHOE Age 69, of Beaver, PA, passed away after a long fight with brain cancer. Beloved wife, mother, grandmother, and friend to so many, her loving, supportive, and creative nature will continue to inspire far beyond her years on this earth. Preceded in death by her father, John A. Donahoe. Survived by her mother, Ann Marie Donahoe, Pittsburgh; her loving husband of 44 years, J. Philip; her four children, Maria (John Galvin), Chicago, IL, Rita (Simon Wilson), Ireland, John (Bethany Giles), Wellesley, MA, and Lucy, Beaver; her grandchildren Emma, Grant, Cara, and Nathaniel Colavincenzo, Wellesley, MA; Lydia, Eloise and Patrick Galvin, Chicago, IL; Orla Wilson, and soon-to-arrive baby grandson, Ireland; her four siblings, Anne, John, Robert and Michael Donahoe; one of her beloved cats Oliver, having recently lost Finn. Patricia, known to most as Patty, was a native of Mount Lebanon, PA. She attended Fontbonne Academy, and graduated from Carnegie Mellon University. She excelled in creative design and culinary arts. Patty's passion for family and friends, her ability to make the most of time together, is an inspiration that will live on in all those who miss her so dearly. Family and friends will be received Tuesday from 6-8 and Wednesday 2-4 and 6-8 in the NOLL FUNERAL HOME, INC., 333 Third St., Beaver. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated Thursday at 10:00 a.m. at Saints Peter and Paul Church, Beaver. Private Interment at the Beaver Cemetery. Online condolences may be shared at nollfuneral.com. In lieu of flowers, donations in her honor may be made to the Women's Center of Beaver County (P.O. Box 428, Beaver, PA 15009) or the Beaver County Humane Society (www.beavercountyhumane society.org). Send condolences post-gazette.com/gb
