Donalda E. "Donnie" Houle, 93, of Hartford, died Saturday, February 9, 2013. She was born in Manchester, NH, daughter of the late Rudolph and Aloysia (Dupont) Houle and had lived in Hartford since 1945. Prior to her retirement, Donnie worked for Goodwin, Loomis & Britton Ins. Co. for many years. She was a U.S. Navy veteran of WW II, serving with the CT Yankee Unit 42. She was a Past President of La Salette Guild, a communicant of St. Lawrence O'Toole Church and former Lector and a past officer of the Rosary Society of the church. She is survived by three close nieces and their husbands and children, Connie and Frank Kielbasa, Laura, Audrey and Sharon, Pauline and Tony Hastillo, Danny, Chuck, Jeff, Justin, and Jeanne, Jackie and Charlie Sundblade, Ray, Nathan and Shyela and several other grand nieces and nephews. The funeral will be Friday, February 15, 2013, 9:15 a.m. from The Dillon-Baxter Funeral Home, 1276 Berlin Tpke. Wethersfield, followed by a Mass of Christian Burial, 10 a.m. in St. Lawrence O'Toole Church, 494 New Britain Ave. Hartford. Military Honors will be accorded Donnie at the church following the funeral mass. Friends may call at Dillon-Baxter Funeral Home Thursday, 4-7 p.m. Burial will be in St. Augustin's Cemetery, Manchester, NH. A very special thank you to Hughes Health & Rehabilitation in West Hartford, especially to her family in the North Unit who took excellent care of her for the past five years. They are wonderful dedicated people. Also a thank you to Masonicare Partners Home and Health Hospice staff for their loving care during her last months. Contributions in her memory may be made to: Masonicare Home Health & Hospice, 111 Founders Plaza, Suite 200, East Hartford, CT 06108. To share a memory with the family, please visit, www.dillonbaxter.com