Kristen Gibson Donnelly, 34, of Los Angeles, California, passed away peacefully after her courageous three year struggle with cancer on Tuesday, November 13, 2012 in California.

Kristen was born on June 27, 1978, in Waynesboro, and is survived by her loving husband and family, Christopher Donnelly, husband; Mary Ann Gibson, mother; Tracy Christian, sister; Dana Baird, sister; McKenzie Baird, Niece; Taylor Claytor, niece; Madeline Donnelly, mother-in-law; Sean Donnelly, brother-in-law; and Milhouse and Edith her loving pets.

There will be a visitation held at 9 a.m. on Friday, November 16, 2012, followed by a funeral mass at 10 a.m. at the Church of the Good Shepherd, 505 North Bedford Drive, Beverly Hills, CA 90210.

In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to Tower Oncology Medical Group, 9090 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 200, Beverly Hills, CA 90211 or Noreen Fraser Foundation, 11693, San Vicente Blvd, Suite 194, Los Angeles, VA 90049,

The family will receive friends from 3 until 5 p.m., Tuesday, November 20, 2012 at the Anderson Funeral Home Chapel, Crozet, Virginia.

Family and friends are invited to a reception at Seven Oaks Farm, 200 Seven Oaks Farm, Greenwood, VA 22943

Anderson Funeral Home is in charge of local arrangements.