Donna M. Graham, 69, of Allentown, passed away Saturday, April 6, 2024.  Born in Jersey City, she was a lifetime Allentown resident.  Donna retired in 2015 from East Windsor School District where she worked as a teacher and a Wilson Reading specialist for 39 years. She loved teaching and her passion was helping children learn to read. Donna was an active member of St. John's Church in Allentown where she was a member of the Altar Rosary Society, volunteered in the Religious Education Office and taught CCD for many years. She loved to read, work in her garden, and sing. She sang for several years with the church choir.

Above all, Donna loved her family.  She was a devoted wife, mother, and grandmother and loved the time she spent with her grandchildren.

Daughter of the late Donald and Elizabeth Bott, she was predeceased by her brother, Francis Bott and her sister, Maryann Bott.  Donna is survived by her husband of 47 years, Robert Graham; her children, Kristin Graham-Nice and her husband Brian, Robert Graham and his wife Rachael, and Timothy Graham; her grandchildren, Jake, Grace, and Ella Graham-Nice and Robby and Rowan Graham; her sisters and brother, Kathy Wood and her husband David, Peter Bott, and Margaret Bott; many nephews, cousins, and extended family including the Donnelly and Flaherty families.

A viewing will be held Sunday, April 14th from 2-5pm at the Peppler Funeral Home, 114 S. Main St. Allentown.  Mass of Chrisitan Burial will be celebrated 10am on Monday, April 15th at St. John the Baptist Roman Catholic Church, 1282 Yardville-Allentown Rd., Allentown.  Interment will follow in the parish cemetery.

Memorial contributions may be made in Donna's name to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital ( www.stjude.org ) or the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center for Pancreatic Cancer Research ( www.mskcc.org )