MOHAWK - Donna Lee (DeForest) Sweet - Our hearts are broken as Donna age 48 passed away unexpectedly on Thursday, December 30, 2004, in the presence of her family at St. Elizabeth Hospital, Utica. She was born on January 27, 1956 in Herkimer, a daughter of Frederick DeForest and Joyce (Harter) Kimsey. A lifelong area resident she graduated from Richfield Springs High School and continued nursing school at SUNY Delhi. She devoted over twenty-five years to the nursing profession, working for Ilion Hospital until it closed. She was currently employed at Little Falls Hospital. Donna was a very giving person and enjoyed helping anyone in need. She was full of life, a practical joker, and enjoyed making people laugh. She had a passion for all types of music, enjoyed reading, playing games on the computer, the Buffalo Bills, her cats and the color purple. She is loved by everyone who was blessed enough to have known her. To her family she was the rock and the glue that held them together through good and bad times. Her happiest life events were the birth of her son and her marriage to Frank, theyre times together traveling and camping. Her memory will forever live on within the hearts of her many friends, co-workers and especially her family. She is missed deeply by those she leaves behind; loving husband Franklin, her wonderful son Jason Paul Sweet, her mother Joyce Kimsey and her husband Dale, of Richfield Springs, her father Frederick DeForest and his wife Pat of Edmeston, her siblings and partners Michael, Kathy, Dave, Laura, Matthew, Janeene, Laurie, Craig, Timothy, Amy, Susan, Jeff, Jeffrey & Sue, her father and mother in law George & Shirley Sweet of Mohawk, sister in laws and spouses Michelle, Shelly, Dan, Angela, Nadine, Charles, Brenda & Raymond, nieces and nephews, including, Riley, Freddie, Stephanie, Travis, Cody, Connor, Aydin, Audrey, Katlyn, Brad, Alexia, Kristie & Scott) several cousins including Penelope, Aunt Alice and Uncle Ron. Donna was pre-deceased by her fraternal grandparents, Edna (Peggy) and her sister Sylvia Jean Deforest. The family will be present in Fenner Funeral Home, Inc., 115 Court Street, Herkimer, to receive relatives and friends on Tuesday from 2-4 and 6-8 p.m. Graveside services at Mt. View Memorial Gardens will be private and at the convenience of the family The family wishes to thank all co-workers, the Mohawk Fire Department and friends for their continued support. Special gratitude to St. Elizabeth's Hospital, 3rd floor nursing staff of ICU for the compassion shown to Donna and family during a very trying time. As an alternative to sending flowers the family requests that memorial donations be made to The Hospitality House Development, St. Elizabeths Hospital. Envelopes will be available at the funeral home.