Donna L. Hight died at Rowan Court Health and Rehabilitation Center on Oct. 28, 2011, after a long illness.
She was born in Burlington on May 22, 1935, the eighth 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, Conn.
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 Corp. 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. They had one daughter. 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. Burial will be in the family lot in West Topsham Cemetery.
Published in Times Argus on November 1, 2011
She was born in Burlington on May 22, 1935, the eighth 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, Conn.
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 Corp. 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. They had one daughter. 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. Burial will be in the family lot in West Topsham Cemetery.
Published in Times Argus on November 1, 2011
Donna L. Hight died at Rowan Court Health and Rehabilitation Center on Oct. 28, 2011, after a long illness.
She was born in Burlington on May 22, 1935, the eighth 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, Conn.
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 Corp. 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. They had one daughter. 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. Burial will be in the family lot in West Topsham Cemetery.
Published in Times Argus on November 1, 2011
She was born in Burlington on May 22, 1935, the eighth 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, Conn.
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 Corp. 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. They had one daughter. 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. Burial will be in the family lot in West Topsham Cemetery.
Published in Times Argus on November 1, 2011
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