Donalda "Donna" Crowningshield, 77, passed away unexpectedly at UVM-Medical Center in Burlington on October 8, 2026. She was born in Elizabethtown, NY on September 5, 1949, the daughter of the late John and Eleanor (Hayward) Brant of Westport, NY. She was brought up by her grandparents, Constance and Albert of Essex, NY, due to health issues.

She graduated from Westport Central School and NCCC and attended SUNY Plattsburgh. Donna worked as a home health aide for North Country Home Services for 19 years, earning the Aide of the Year award; as a direct support staff member at ARC for 7 years; and at Tambrands in Willsboro for 18 years as a machine operator, production supervisor, and quality control supervisor before the plant closed.

Her greatest passion was sewing, making quilts and many other items, attending quilt retreats, and walking with her husband Glen, whom she married in 1981.

She is survived by her husband of 45 years, Glen; her brother Steve (Betty) of Meriden, Conn.; her sisters Brenda (Jeff) Charles of Clermont, Florida, Lenora Salzer of Oneida, and Tina (Bob) Huber of Cohoes.

She was a member of Champlain Valley Quilters Guild in Plattsburgh, holding the position of treasurer for 15 years; Pleasant Valley Quilters having the positions of Treasurer, Vice President, and President; Lady Bug Quilters Group; DAR; Treasurer of Women's Fellowship, Trustee and member of the Lewis Congregational Church; on Advisory Council Board for Essex County Office of the Aging; and the Executive Board of the Advisory Council and volunteer at the Elizabethtown Thrift Shop.

Donations can be made to the SPCA, PO Box 55, Elizabethtown, NY 12932.

A graveside service will be held on Saturday, October 24, 2026, at 11:00 at the Deerhead Cemetery in Lewis.

Services were entrusted to Heidrick Funeral Home, PO Box 127, 3 College St., Au Sable Forks, NY 12912.