DONOVAN, JoAnn Of Lexington, October 8, 2014. Mother of Amy L. Donovan of Lexington. Daughter of the late Edwin J. Donovan and Miriam J. Donovan (MacDonald). Sister of Paul F. Donovan of Watertown, Nancy K. Donovan of Lowell, Mary-Jane Donovan of Lexington, and the late Barbara J. Donovan-DeVitt. Aunt of Samuel and Michael Donovan, both of Watertown, and Alexandra DeVitt of Weston. Graduate of U-Mass Boston and Suffolk Law School; Criminal Defense Attorney for Mass. Committee for Public Counsel Services; Involved in the founding of Rosie's Place, homeless shelter for women. Calling hours will be held Wednesday Oct. 15 at the Douglass Funeral Home, 51 Worthen Rd., LEXINGTON, from 5pm to 8pm. Relatives and friends are kindly invited. Donations in JoAnn's memory may be made to Rosie's Place, 889 Harrison Ave. Boston, MA 02118. Private interment Westview Cemetery, Lexington.