Colchester - Donna Marcy Cerniglia, 40, of Colchester, wife of Vincent Cerniglia, passed away on Saturday, May 2, 2009, at the Middlesex Hospital in Middletown, after a brief battle with cancer.

Born on May 23, 1968, in Southington, she was a daughter of Donald M. and the late Ethel Murray (Mann) Messmer. She was married to Vincent on Feb. 28, 2005. Donna worked as a salon manager at JC Penny for 21 years.

Friends may call from 4 to 7 p.m. on Tuesday, May 5, at the Aurora-McCarthy Funeral Home, 167 Old Hartford Road, Colchester. Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. on Wednesday, May 6, at the First Church of Christ Congregational, 499 Town St., East Haddam. Burial will follow in the First Church Cemetery.

Donations in her memory may be made to Middlesex Hospital Hospice, 28 Crescent St. Middletown, CT 06457.