Donna Lee (Johnston) Dupuis, 52, of Sandown, N.H., formerly of North Andover, and Wilmington, died Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2009 at the Caritas Holy Family Hospital in Methuen, surrounded by her loving family, after a year-long courageous battle with cancer.Born in Lowell, she was the daughter of Donald F. and Nancy A. (Stevenson) Johnston. She was educated in Wilmington Public Schools and was a graduate of Wilmington High School, Class of 1975. She then attended the Computer Learning Center in Lawrence. Donna was a woman of many talents, besides being a loving wife, mother, grandmother, daughter, and sister. Early in her career she was a daycare provider at her home. For the next 20 years, she followed in her father’s footsteps and joined her parents in the family business, Donald F. Johnston Construction Company, in North Andover.Branching out on her own, she founded the Ladybuilt Homes Company, of Sandown, N.H. More recently, she was employed as a branch manager for Labor Ready in Lynn. She was an active member in the Southern New Hampshire Builders and Remodelers Association, serving as their President, she was recognized as the “Remodeler of the Year” by the association, and also served as the President of the Women’s Council of Home Builders and Remodelers Association of New Hampshire.She leaves her beloved husband, Arthur J. Dupuis a son, Shawn M. White, both of Sandown two daughters, Heather L. White, of Haverhill, Stephanie L. White, of Bath, Maine her parents, Donald F. and Nancy A. (Stevenson) Johnston a brother, Thomas G. Johnston, all of North Andover brothers-in-law, Ronald J. Dupuis and his wife, Susan, and Ernest J. Dupuis, all of Lynn nephews, James M. III, Donald J., Ryan P. Nutton, Thomas Johnston a niece, Stacy Lytle uncle, Thomas, and cousins. She was predeceased by her sister, Beverly A. Nutton, in 2008.ARRANGEMENTS: Friends and family are respectfully to call on Saturday, Oct. 24, from 4 to 8 p.m., at the Kevin B. Comeau Funeral Home, 486 Main St., (Route 125) Haverhill. Her funeral services will take place in the funeral home at 8 p.m. Burial will take place on Sunday, Oct. 25, at 1 p.m. in the family lot, in Maplewood Cemetery, Parsonsfield, Maine. Memorial contributions may be made to the Cancer Management Center, 70 East St., Methuen, MA 01844. www.comeaufuneral.com.
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