It took two days for the family to organise for the body to be flown home and her funeral took place on Sunday at Urmston Cemetery, officiated by Rabbi Jonathan Guttentag.

Her husband Leslie, who died in 1995, was the founder and first president of the Whitefield Hebrew Congregation.

And Mrs Donn was the first chairman of the shul’s ladies guild.

Son Nigel, 62, told the Jewish Telegraph: “Mum was a lively, bubbly person with a strong character.

“She would never mope around and was a happy person who lived life to the full.

“Mum was part of our lives on a daily basis, she gave strength to my father and was by his side throughout his career.”

Mr Donn had flown to Spain after his mother had been taken to hospital.

But by the time he had arrived, she had died.

Born in Salford, her father was David Holstein, the founder of Prestwich Hebrew Congregation.

He ran a raincoat business in Strangeways.

She was married in 1942 and moved to Whitefield with her husband in the late 1950s.

Mrs Donn, her son said, was heavily involved with Jewish charities.

She campaigned tirelessly on behalf of Soviet and Ethiopian Jews and, together with her husband, entertained disabled Israeli soldiers on an annual basis, taking them out to places such as the Lake District.

Mrs Donn was also a member of WIZO and helped with the Meals on Wheels service.

She is survived by her two sons, eight grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.