Obituary of Donna Louise Henley
Henley, Donna Louise (nee Dunford)
Passed away at Toronto General Hospital on December 11th, 2025, with family by her side.
Beloved wife of Ronald “Ron” Henley. Dear mother of Cole Henley and Candice (Jake) McFadden. Loving grandmother of Morgan and Miles McFadden.
Donna is survived by her brothers Gary (Wendy) and Randy (Charlene) and sisters Janice (Monty) and Ann Marie.
Donna is predeceased by her parents Braden Dunford, Vivian Hull and Bill Sheets. Donna will be dearly missed by many more family and friends that knew her.
She genuinely enjoyed the outdoors and spending time with her family and friends. She was also an avid camper and shared some of her best camping memories with her grandsons.
Memorial donations may be made to University Hospitals Kingston Foundation, Princess Margaret Cancer Foundation or The Ottawa Hospital Cancer Centre by visiting the funeral home website at www.hendrenfuneralhome.com, or by calling 705 652-3355.
A family service will take place at Lakefield Cemetery, 1262 Buckhorn Road, Lakefield on Friday, May 29, 2026, at 10am. With a celebration of Life (drop-in) to follow at 1357 County Road 4 Warsaw, Douro Dummer at 12pm.
Death is nothing at all.
It does not count.
I have only slipped away into the next room.
Nothing has happened.
Everything remains exactly as it was.
I am I, and you are you,
and the old life that we lived so fondly together is untouched, unchanged.
Whatever we were to each other, that we are still.
Call me by the old familiar name.
Speak of me in the easy way which you always used.
Put no difference into your tone.
Wear no forced air of solemnity or sorrow.
Laugh as we always laughed at the little jokes that we enjoyed together.
Play, smile, think of me, pray for me.
Let my name be ever the household word that it always was.
Let it be spoken without an effort, without the ghost of a shadow upon it.
Life means all that it ever meant.
It is the same as it ever was.
There is absolute and unbroken continuity.
What is this death but a negligible accident?
Why should I be out of mind because I am out of sight?
I am but waiting for you, for an interval,
somewhere very near,
just round the corner.
All is well.
Nothing is hurt; nothing is lost.
One brief moment and all will be as it was before.
How we shall laugh at the trouble of parting when we meet again!
- Henry Scott-Holland. Death Is Nothing At All. Souvenir Press Limited, 1987.
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