On October 27, 2013 Donna Mae Passarelli passed away at her home in Fairfax, Virginia surrounded by family and her eight year care-giver, Susan Hoyseypyan due to complications from Multiple Sclerosis. Donna graduated from Helen Fuld Nursing School, Trenton, New Jersey. She was preceded in death by her parents John R. and Mary Lacy and her brother, Jack Lacy. She is survived by her husband of 47 years, Ralph W. Passarelli, Ph.D., her son, Ralph W. Passsarelli, III, M.D., twin sister, Mary Jane Lacy of Deerfield Beach, FL, daughter-in-law, Christine Passarelli, grandchildren, Luke, Eli, and Ava-Margaret, and father-in-law, Ralph Passarelli a ninety-nine year resident of Mays Landing. She is the past president of the Northern Virginia Chapter of the Multiple Sclerosis Society and tirelessly spent many years working with local volunteer organizations in the Northern Virginia area, prior to failing health

Services will be held on Saturday, November 2, 2013,

12 Noon, Boakes Funeral Home, Mays Landing, where friends may gather from 10 AM until the time of the service. Burial will be in Holy Cross Cemetery

In-lieu of flowers donations can be sent in her name to the National Multiple Sclerosis Society.