With great sadness, the family of Lenore McCloud Donovan announces her peaceful passing due to dementia on Tuesday, September 17, 2024, surrounded by family at her home in Roseville, California. She was 92.
Lenore was born in Marlinton and attended Marlinton High School. She served in the U.S. Army and the U.S. Army Reserve and worked in Federal Civil Service for 20 years at the Pentagon, Veterans Administration and U.S. Geological Survey. She raised her children in the community of Ophir, California, where she lived for 43 years. She enjoyed baking for friends and family, fellowship in her church, and reading non-fiction. She also liked playing the guitar and following professional football.
She was preceded in death by her father, John McCloud; and mother; Agnes McCloud; sisters, Lucille Withers, Carol Tyree, Nancy Baldwin and Mildred McCloud; and brothers, James McCloud, Warren McCloud and Harry McCloud.
Lenore is survived by her husband of 62 years, Joseph Donovan, of Edgartown, Massachusetts; daughter, Carol Sanchez, and husband, Pantaleon Sanchez; son, John Donovan, and wife, Heather Donovan; grandchildren, Mariah Sanchez and Nicolas Sanchez, Seth Donovan and Brendan Donovan; and great-grandson, Brandon Sanchez, all of Sacramento, California; and sisters, June Cutright, of Ohio, and Sharon Mullens, of Marlinton.
Lenore’s memory will remain forever in our hearts. She was laid to rest at the Sacramento Valley National Cemetery in Dixon, California.
