Portsmouth - Donna (Patch) Jumper, 83, of Osprey Drive in Portsmouth passed away on December 2nd in her home, under the loving care of her friends Shirley Grant and sister, Helen Watson. Donna was a life-long resident of the Seacoast. She was born in Kittery, Maine on August 24, 1934, a daughter of the late William and Frances F. Patch.

Donna was raised in Kittery and graduated from Traip Academy in 1952. She worked for the Portsmouth branch of The Bank of New Hampshire for 44 years and O'Brien Energy Resources of Portsmouth for nearly 20 years. She retired from O'Brien in 2016. Donna's honesty, integrity and loyalty to her employers and co-workers was impeccable. Donna's intuitive judgment of character coupled with her dry sense of humor endeared her to many.  Friends, neighbors and co-workers cherish her memory.

Donna was predeceased by her sister, Joyce F. Bookholz, her brother-in-law, Jacob Bookholz, her niece, Wendilee "Wendee" Voss of Topeka, Kansas and her nephew, Kyle Bookholz of Floral Park, New York.