Donahue, Marguerite B. - 1932-2013

BRAL, BUSICK, DONAHUE, DREWS, HAWKINS, HENNING, HESLEP, JACKSON, LAROY, MCDANIELS, WAGNER

Posted By: JCGS Volunteer
Date: 5/31/2013 at 20:43:01

Marguerite (Bral) Henning Donahue, 80, of Newton died on Saturday, May 25, 2013, at her home.
A funeral service will be at 11 a.m. Thursday at the Wallace Family Funeral Home in Newton. The family will greet friends from 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home.
Memorials to the Jasper County Animal Rescue League and Humane Society may be left at the funeral home. Memorials also may be mailed to the funeral home, please add, Attn: Henning Donahue family on the envelope.
Marguerite, the daughter of Gustav and Marie Louise (Laroy) Bral, was born on Wednesday, July 20, 1932 in Grinnell. She lived and was educated in Jasper County, Iowa. After graduating from Newton High School, she married William A. Henning Sr. in November of 1949; to this union nine children were born. Later, she was married to Jimmie E. Donahue in November of 1974.
Marguerite held many jobs before becoming an employee of the Veteran’s Administration in May of 1967, working in the food service department in Des Moines and then transferred to Leavenworth, Kan., in November of 1973. After more than 25 years, she retired from the V.A. and returned to Newton in 1992. Marguerite then worked for the Newton Daily News for five year until her final retirement in 1998. Marguerite’s many hobbies included crocheting, embroidery, bingo, making pickles, sewing and various arts and crafts. Every August for 26 years, she and Jim and their family pets enjoyed camping at the Iowa State Fair.
Those left to honor Marguerite’s memory are her children, Diana (Randy) Wagner of Lambs Grove, IA, Cathy McDaniels of Texas, William Henning Jr. of Texas, Pamela (Steve) Busick of Urbandale, IA, Marita (Albert) Jackson of Texas, Bruce Henning of Oregon, Mary Ann Hawkins of Louisiana, Michelle (Tyrone) Heslep of Missouri and Patricia (Chris) Drews of Oklahoma; 24 grandchildren; 34 great-grandchildren; and many other family and friends.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Gus and Marie Bral; her husband, Jim Donahue; and a grandson, Bryce Alan Wagner.
Source: Newton Daily News; Wednesday, May 29, 2013