AUBURN — Donna Marie Foster, 65, of Lewiston passed on Sunday, Nov. 20, surrounded by her children at the Hospice House of Androscoggin.

She was born in Portland, Sept. 28, 1946, the daughter of the late Donald and Viola (Sutts) Tardiff. She was a graduate of Gray-New Gloucester High School, Portland School of Art and the University of Southern Maine. She retired after a career in the Lewiston School Department. Donna enjoyed drawing, painting, reading and word games. She especially loved her two pitbulls, Butch and Medusa, and her lab, Ruben.

Donna also had a lifelong love of the ocean and many years devoted to harness horses.

On Sept. 17, 1980, she married Donald O. Foster, who predeceased her in May 2010.

She is survived by her four children, Lawrence Corradini IV and his wife, Chi-Yoon Chung, of Glendale, Calif., Donald Foster and his wife, Misty and their son, Nicholas of Bowdoin, Lucas Foster of Lewiston and Hillary Foster and her fiance, Rocky Leclair, of Lewiston; four siblings, Betty Webster and her husband, Tony, of Windham, Michael Tardiff and his wife, Caryl, of South Portland, William Tardiff and his wife, Sherri, of Gray and Donald Tardiff of New York; and nieces and nephews.

The family would like to thank Dr. Pandry and all the nurses in the Oncology Department and the Hospice Care.