This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Janes, Mayer, Viator, Mankey, LaFrance Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/plB.2ACI/3477 Message Board Post: Donald Edward Janes Nov. 29, 1970 - Oct. 11, 2005 Donald Edward Janes, 34, of Bay City, passed away Tuesday, October 11, 2005, in Austin, Texas. He was born November 29, 1970, in New York State, to Joanne Mayer Janes and Thomas Janes. Mr. Janes graduated from Bay City High School in 1988, and attended Wharton County, Junior College for two years. Survivors include: father and step-mother, Thomas and Linda Janes of New York; four sisters, Susan Viator of New Iberia, Louisiana, Sarah Janes of Jackson, Mississippi, Jessica Mankey of Bay City, and Linda LaFrance of Goose Creek, South Carolina; two brothers, Christopher Janes of Virginia, and Jon Mankey of Bay City; and step-father, Bruce Mankey of Bay City. Mr. Janes was preceded in death by his mother, Joanne Mayer Mankey, and sister, Marcia Jones. A funeral service was held at 10 a.m. Saturday, October 15, 2005, at Taylor Bros. Funeral Home, with the Rev. Chester Sassman officiating. Interment followed at Cedarvale Cemetery. Arrangements with Taylor Bros. Funeral Home 245-4613. Bay City Tribune October 16, 2005 Matagorda County, Texas