This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: McDonald, Curtis, Merritt, Poppin, Fancher Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/CAC.2ACI/683 Message Board Post: Obituary From the Austin American, Thursday, January 10, 1946 on page 2, column 2: "PAUL McDONALD. Paul McDonald, 65, died at the family home, 704 West 32nd Street, Wednesday. He was a member of the Plumbers and Steamfitters Local Union No. 286. Survivors are his wife, Mrs. Mary McDonald; two sons, Fancher McDonald of Kansas City, Mo., and Billy McDonald of Austin; two sisters, Mrs. Olive Curtis and Mrs. Ida Merritt, both of Kansas City, and one brother, M.R. McDonald of Urich, Mo. Funeral services will be held at the Hyltin Funeral home Thursday at 3 p.m. with the Rev. G.H.P. Showalter officiating. Burial will be in Memorial Park. Pallbearers will be C.H. Escott, G.V. Burt, Levin Johnson, H.M. Batis, Douglas Morrison and J.S. Peterson." ===================== From my file: Spouse: Mary Edna Fancher md. 16 Jan 1916 in Omaha, Douglas, Nebraska Note: Richard Fancher McDonald was married to my cousin Patricia Norma Poppin (1922-2001)