\t\t\tElizabeth (Downham) Donovan \t\t<\/p>\n
\t\t\tOBITUARY\t\t<\/p>\n
Mrs. Elizabeth \u201cBetty\u201d (Downham) Donovan, 86, wife of the late Thomas Edward Donovan and a resident of Macungie, PA, passed away peacefully Saturday, May 23, 2026.<\/p>\n
\nBorn March 4, 1940, in Darby, PA, she was one of two daughters born to the late Helen (O\u2019Leary) Downham and Thomas Downham. She was a graduate of Upper Darby High School, class of 1958. She worked in Philadelphia for Penn Mutual Insurance and in later years for ATC in Alburtis and Lutron Electronics in Lehigh Valley, PA.<\/p>\n
\nBetty was involved in the East Penn PTA, Ancient Oaks Woman\u2019s Association, and a Cub Scout leader. Betty was a lifelong member of St. Thomas More Catholic Church. She was devoted to her family and had many friends. She grew up in Upper Darby and spent most of her life going to Sommers Point and Ocean City, NJ \u2013 from childhood on. In later years she really got into watching the Eagles and was a true fan. Her grasp of the game rules did not dimmish her exuberance \u2013 Go Birds! Betty loved flowers and gardening. Her unlimited love and time spent with her children and grandchildren was impressive.<\/p>\n
\nBetty is survived by her children, Thomas Brian Donovan and late wife Kathryn and partner Kirsten Earle of Galloway, NJ, Colleen (Donovan) Scharf and husband Gregory of Center Valley, PA, William Donovan and his wife Maria of Willow Grove, PA; grandchildren, Matt (Kate), Michael (Maria), Nicholas, William, Megan (Aaron), Thomas R. (Danielle), Braedyn, Colin; and many nieces and nephews. In addition to her parents, she was predeceased by her husband Thomas and sister Helen (Downham) Warner and Daughter-in-law Kathryn (Doran) Donovan.<\/p>\n
\nA service to celebrate Betty\u2019s life is scheduled for 11 am, Friday, May 29, 2026 at St. Thomas More Church, 1040 Flexer Avenue. Allentown, PA 18103. There will be a viewing from 10:00 to 10:45 am in the church. Arrangements by Heintzelman-Stephens Funeral Home, P.C. www.heintzelmanstephens.com<\/a><\/p>\n \nMemorial donations in Betty\u2019s name may be made to American Cancer Society, PO Box 1640, Hagerstown, MD 21741 or Autism Speaks www.autismspeaks.org.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Elizabeth (Downham) Donovan OBITUARY Mrs. Elizabeth \u201cBetty\u201d (Downham) Donovan, 86, wife of the late Thomas Edward Donovan and…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":203246,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[119,121,120],"class_list":["post-203245","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-allentown","tag-allentown","tag-allentown-headlines","tag-allentown-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/203245","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=203245"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/203245\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/203246"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=203245"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=203245"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=203245"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}