Posted on: PaloAlto County Obituaries Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Ia/PaloAltoObits/10632 Surname: ------------------------- Emmetsburg Deomcrat, Friday, April 14, 1939 Mrs. William Donahue Died Saturday In Hospital at Oakdale, Funeral Was Held in Emmetsburg Monday. A Young Woman. Mrs. Wm. Donahue Jr., 37, a resident of the Fenton neighborhood, died in a hospital at Oakdale, Saturday, April 8. Mrs. Donahue had been failing in health for some time. Funeral services were held in the Assumption Catholic church in Emmetsburg Monday morning. A requiem mass was celebrated by Rev. Theophane at which many relatives and friends were present. Burial was in the St. John's cemetery south of this city. The pall bearers were Peter and Joe Mulroney, Edmund and Leo Domek, Everett Dryer and Clarence Wagner. The Foy Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements. Mrs. Donahue, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Anton Domek, was born at Fairville, this county, on March 3, 1902. She was 37 years of age at the time of her passing. During her youth she attended the Whittemore schools. She was united in marriage to Wm. Donahue on September 3, 1929. To ths union two daughters were born. A daughter, Catherine, preceded her mother in death. Mrs. Donahue is survived by her husband and one daughter, Maxine. Mrs. Donahue will be remembered as the former Esther Domek. She was widely known and favorably known in the northeast part of our county until ill health forced her to retire from active work. She took an energetic and leading part in her home community. She was numbered among the outstanding Christian women of Palo Alto county. Her death is a severe blow to Mr. Donahue and to her daughter as well as to many other close relatives and friends.