Orange, VT Donna L. Hight died at Rowan Court Health and Rehabilitation Center on October 28, 2011 after a long illness. She was born in Burlington on May 22, 1935, the 8th of 11 children born to Luther Andrew and Mattie Edith (Root) Roque. Raised on the family farm in Grand Isle, she was educated in local schools and Cathedral High School in Milford, CT. She spent summers working at the Island Villa (Grand Isle Lake House) and at 16 became a nanny for the Briggs family, owners of the hotel, and relocated with them to Milford.She later worked for Burndy Corporation prior to returning to Vermont in the early 1960s to work for her late uncle John B. Roque and his wife Winifred (Jewell) Roque at his inn in Grand Isle. On April 6, 1968, Donna married Delmar Dean Hight, Jr., son of Winifred (Jewell) Roque and Delmar Hight, Sr. Mr. Hight was a salesman and musician. They made their home in Orange, Vermont. They had one daughter, Leslie Jewell Hight. During this period, Mrs. Hight worked for Sprague Electric in Barre until she was disabled by Hereditary Spastic Paraplegia. Mrs. Hight was determined to stay as active as possible despite the degenerative nature of her illness. For many years she was a companion and caregiver to her mother-in-law. She raised a wide variety of animals, and was particularly fond of birds, both domestic and wild. She enjoyed pleasure trips by car, card games, knitting, crocheting, quilting, needlepoint, word puzzles and reading. She is predeceased by her parents, her husband, her mother-in-law, and siblings, Ivan Roque, Eric Roque, Patricia Devino, and twin brother Donald Roque. She is survived by her daughter, Leslie, of Montpelier; six siblings and their spouses: Ilow and Pauline Roque of Solvang, CA; Edward and Lu Farmer of Underhill, VT; Reginald and Jeannine Roque, and David and Mattie Benoit, all of Las Vegas, NV; Faith (Lindeau) and Marvin Grathen of Fort Worth, TX; Vivian Leppi of Laguna Niguel, CA; a sister-in-law, Nola D. Foley and her husband, Earl of Tavares, FL; numerous nieces and nephews including her former caregiver Judith (Devino) Bluto of Grand Isle, and her friends and caregivers at Rowan Court Health and Rehabilitation Center. A Funeral Mass will be celebrated at 11:00 am on Wednesday, November, 2nd, at St. Augustine Catholic Church, 16 Barre Street, Montpelier. Burial will be in the family lot in West Topsham Cemetery. Those wishing to make memorial donations may send them to the Patient Activities Fund, Rowan Court Health and Rehabilitation Center, 378 Prospect Street, Barre VT 05641 or the Spastic Paraplegia Foundation, Inc., PO Box 1208, Fortson, GA 31808 www.sp-foundation.org.VT. Those wishing to send on line condolences may do so at www.guareandsons.com and go to Donna's obituary. VT