Donette Card

March 24, 1927 - October 19, 2007

Donette B. Card, 80, of Stow, N.Y. passed away Tuesday (Oct. 16, 2007) in the Absolute of Westfield Nursing Center after a prolonged illness. She was born March 24, 1927 in Lakewood, N.Y. to Hugh and Leila Button. She attended Lakewood Schools, where she met her lifelong best friend Jackie Christenson. On November 1, 1946 she married Clayton Card. They resided in Chula Vista, Calif. until returning to their home area in 1965. She then worked at Hellman?s Grocery until 1969 and then at Bankers Trust until her retirement in 1982. Donette was a devoted mother, grandmother, and great grandmother who loved her family and friends, all of whom will remember her loved of nature and her never failing love of adventure, from camping in the southwestern deserts to ?water tubing? at age 75 on her beloved Chautauqua Lake. She was preceded in death by her husband Clayton in 1982, as well as by sisters Ruth Lawson and Barbara Campbell, brother Roger Button and brother-in-law Gil Morales. She is survived by her daughter, Susan (Roy) Sleboda of Stow, N.Y. and her son David Card of Lakewood, N.Y. as well her sister June Morales of Santa Monica, Calif. Other surviving family members include grandchildren Kim (John) Gonzalez of Corry, Pa., Emily (David) Polakiewicz of Gasport, N.Y., Logan Waterman of Brocton, N.Y., Jennifer Card of Lakewood, N.Y., Christopher Brown of Florida, Kari Card of Panama, N.Y., and David W. Card III of Washington, D.C. Surviving great grandchildren are Halley Burnett, Amaya Gonzalez, Nolan Gonzalez of Corry, Pa., Alan Michael and Noah Polakiewicz of Gasport, N.Y. and Noah Polakiewicz of Gasport, N.Y. and Jayleigh Waterman of Brocton, N.Y.; as well as several nieces and nephews. Also dear friends Jackie Christenson of Jamestown, N.Y. as well as Everett and Audrey Ingerson of Chula Vista, Calif. A memorial service will be at 4:00 P.M. Friday in Powers, Present & Sixbey Funeral Home. Visitation will not be observed. Email condolences may be sent by visiting the website www.presentsixbeyfuneral.com. In lieu of flowers, the family suggests that memorials may be made to Jamestown Audubon Society, 1600 Riverside Rd. Jamestown, N.Y. 14701.