Obituary of Donna Gardner

(nee Desmarais)

With sadness the family announces that Donna passed away peacefully at Ruddy Shenkman Hospice on Wednesday morning, February 12, 2025. She was 73.

Beloved wife of the late Keith Gardner (2015).

Daughter of the late George and Bertha (nee Pemberton) Desmarais.

Dearest sister of Wendy Desmarais.

Special thank you to the staff at the Ottawa General Hospital Cancer Centre, Irving Greenberg Family Cancer Centre, and Dr. Paul Hacker and Ruddy Shenkman Hospice for all their compassionate care and support.

Private care and arrangements have been entrusted to the Pilon Family Funeral Home in Arnprior.

If you would like to leave a donation in Donna’s memory, please consider the Ruddy Shenkman Hospice in Kanata. (Click Here)