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Donna McCann, a role-model mother
source: Jan 19, 2011 Newmarket Era
Donna McCann will be remembered by her family, friends and clients as a strong and worldly woman.
The 65-years-old business owner died after a long and courageous battle with diabetes and heart disease.
The former State Farm agent started her own insurance firm in 1983 after spending close to 20 years in the company’s bookkeeping department.
“She was my role model,” said her daughter, Nicole, who followed in her mother’s footsteps and opened her own insurance firm in 2004.
“She was very smart. Smart with politics, smart with her thinking. I wanted and still want to be exactly like her.”
Ms McCann is also survived by daughter Candyce and grandchildren Averie and Livia.
Although not Italian by heritage, she was worldly by nature, Nicole said.
“We’re not Italian, but she wanted her grandkids to call her Nona,” she said. “She liked the name and loved the Italian nature. And she loved to travel.”
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“She had such strength,” Nicole said. “She started her own business from the ground up. I remember her coming home to be with us and going back out at night to visit clients. Her strength never wavered.”
Her colleagues and clients saw that as well.
“She had such a generous heart,” said State Farm agency field executive Lisa Hoy Pressick, who acted as Ms McCann’s professional coach and business consultant.
“She always had time for everyone; her family, her associates and her customers. There is no one with a more generous heart.”
Ms McCann built her business to be one of the largest State Farm Insurance firms in York Region and proved to be a true role model for other agents.
“She touched everyone she came in contact with,” Ms Hoy Pressick said. “It was her positive attitude and optimistic view.”
Ms McCann was always quick to point out opportunities and she knew how fortunate she was, Ms Hoy Pressick added.
McCann also gave her time to charitable organizations such at Habitat for Humanity and the Soroptimist Club, plus she supported the Yellow Brick House and several amateur athletes.
