Emmack, Donovan Miller 1906-1992

EMMACK, ALLFREE, SILLE, BLACKLEDGE, MILLER

Posted By: Chuck Emmack (email)
Date: 4/27/2005 at 08:51:34

Donovan Miller Emmack

Donovan Emmack Funeral services for Donovan "Dovie" Emmack, 85, of Heritage Manor, a longtime resident of the Metz and Sugar Grove area, were held Monday afternoon, May 25, at the Reese Chapel. The Rev. Jerry Brown, pastor of the First United Methodist Church, conducted services. Burial was in Sugar Grove Cemetery. He died Friday afternoon at the Skiff Medical Center as a result of a stroke. Memorials to the Metz Community Church will be accepted.

Survivors are a son and daughter-in-law, Mark and Phyllis of Newton; a daughter and son-in-law, Beverly and Richard Allfree of Ames; six grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; and a sister, Maxine Sille of rural Newton. He was preceded in death by his parents, wife, Ella, in 1985, three brothers, Myron, Dale, and Delmar and a sister, Leora Blackledge.

Mr. Emmack, a member of the Jasper County Farm Bureau and Sugar Grove Grange, was a long-time farmer, did trucking and worked for the Maytag Co. for a number of years. The son of Elmer Co. and Georgia Miller Emmack, he was born Nov 26, 1906 on a farm near Metz, attended Metz rural schools and was a 1924 graduate of Newton Community High School. He was married to Ella Anthony Nov. 27, 1927 at her parents' home near Metz. He had resided at the Midtown Apartments from 1985 to 1989 and formerly on Rt. 2, Newton. ~ Newton Daily News, Newton, Iowa May 25, 1992

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