Allen Donielson (1927-1996)
DONIELSON, SMITH
Posted By: Ken Wright (email)
Date: 1/24/2012 at 06:48:57
Maquoketa Sentinel Press, Jan. 31, 1996
ALLEN DONIELSON-
Judge Allen L. “Barney” Donielson, 68, of Des Moines and formerly of Maquoketa, died of cancer Saturday, Jan. 27, 1996 at the home of his son, Eric, in West Des Moines. Graveside services and burial will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday Feb. 1, at Mount Hope Cemetery in Maquoketa with Rev. Clair Odell of the First United Methodist Church officiating. Visitation will be held from 9 a.m. to service time Thursday at Carson & Son Funeral Home in Maquoketa. Full military rites will be accorded at the cemetery by the Maquoketa American Legion Post 75.
Mr. Donielson was born May 22, 1927 in Maquoketa to Paul L. Donielson and Trula F. Smith Donielson. He was a 1945 graduate of Maquoketa Community High School and was a Navy veteran of World War II. He received his pre-law training at the University of Dubuque and the University of Iowa and graduated from the Drake University Law School in 1952, He was elected Polk County Republican chairman in 1964 and was the Iowa manager for Nelson Rockefeller’s presidential campaign.
He was appointed U. S. District Attorney by President Nixon in 1969 and held that position until 1976. He was appointed to the Iowa Court of Appeals in 1976 by Gov. Robert Ray when the court was first organized. He was the last original member of the six member court. In 1994 he was elected chief justice of the Iowa Court of Appeals.
He was a former assistant hockey coach, was a constant reader and loved to go to the movies, especially cops-and-robbers shows. He was a member of the Iowa and American Bar Associations, the Izaak Walton League, the Argonne American Legion Post 60 of Des Moines and the Des Moines Golf and Country Club. Survivors include two sons, Eric of West Desmoines and Chris of New Orleans; a daughter, Donna Higby of Baltimore; two grandsons and one sister, Barbara (Mrs. Lloyd) Clark of Maquoketa. He was preceded in death by his parents. A memorial fund has been established.
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