Donahey, Eliza (Uhl) 1831-1907

DONAHEY, UHL

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Date: 6/28/2005 at 21:18:08

Eliza Uhl was born April 15, 1831 in Holmes County, Ohio. When she was twenty-four years of age, in 1856, she married John C. Donahey. They came to Muscatine, Iowa, to live ten years after their marriage. That was in 1866.

They resided for seventeen years; then they came to Jasper County and settled on a farm southeast of Newton, In 1892 Mr. Donahey bought a home in this city, 435 North Merchant Street, which, since then, has been their home.

Mrs. Donahey’s death occurred just three months to the day after her husband died. Fifty-one years they had lived and planned and worked together, and after he was gone she seemed to slowly lose a desire to live. For years she had been quite delicate, and at last, only a week before her life went out, she was taken sick and kept to her bed. On the Saturday following her condition became critical and she grew weaker and weaker until Wednesday at min-day the end came.

For many years she had been a faithful member of the Methodist Episcopal Church and live a Christian life, caring most for her home duties and her loved ones there.

There were six children born to her. On daughter died when a small child. Four sons and a daughter survive her. These are D. E. and E. S. of this City and Will of Des Moines, J. H. of Gering, Neb., and Clementine, who has always been her mother’s companion, especially has she been very near since the death of the husband and father last April.

Her children were all here for the funeral but J. H. of Gering, Neb., who could not be present.

Mrs. Donahey is also survived by ten grandchildren and a brother, Daniel Uhl, of Grand Rapids, Mich.

Newton Daily News, Friday, June 28, 1907, p. 1, col. 3

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NEWTON JOURNAL, Newton, Iowa, July 3, 1907, p. 1, c. 5.
ACROSS THE BORDER LAND.
Death of Mrs. J. C. Donahey.

At the late home on North Mechanic street, last Thursday afternoon, at one o'clock, June 27, 1907, occurred the death of Mrs. Eliza Donahey, the widow of the late James C. Donahey. Another life is ended; the sun has gone down for her; but the sunset is beautiful. It pictures the life of a loving wife and a christian mother. Her life has been filled with deeds of kindness to the needy about her; her duty was not left undone.

Eliza Uhl was born in Holmes Co., Ohio, April 15, 1831, and was at the time of her death, seventy-six years, two months and twelve days old. She spent her girlhood days in Holmes Co., and on March 13, 1856, she was married to Mr. James C. Donahey who preceeded her to the better land just three months on the day of her death.

Mr. and Mrs. Donahey came to Muscatine Co., Iowa , in the year of 1866 where they remained until the spring of 1883, when they moved on a farm, which is southeast of Newton, near Killduff in Buena Vista township. Nine years later they removed Newton where they have made their home ever since.

This union was blessed with six children one died in infancy, four boys and one girl surviving: James H., of Gering, Nebraska; Will, of Des Moines, Ia.; D. E. and E. S.; of Newton and Miss Clementine who is at home.

Mr. and Mrs. Donahey trod the path of life together for fifty-one years and their golden wedding anniversary which was celebrated on the 13th of March 1906, was a most happy event in their lives. On that day they greeted a number of their old friends and were happily surrounded by their children. Their hearts were so happy and with not a thought of sorrow. But the husband was taken ill and in a short time passed away. The wife and mother deeply mourned his death and would often remark that "it would not be very long until she would join her husband although it would be lonely at the home without her she longed to go, too," she was ill only a few days. She passed very peacefully away, but before she died, she rallied sufficiently to recognize the children, all of them being at her bedside, but James, who will be unable to come.

The funeral services were held on last Friday afternoon at two o'clock Rev. O. S. Baker officiating , assisted by Rev. J. C. Willits. Deceased has been a faithful member of the Methodist church since she was a young woman.

The remains were laid to rest beside those of her husband in the cemetery north of our city.

Originally submitted on June 30, 1997 by
Betty Fudge, afudge@mwci.net
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Death of a Good Mother

Mrs. J. C. Donahey passed away last Wednesday June 26th about one o’clock after an illness which had only been considered of a serious nature since about one week before. However, she had been in feeble health for a long while and since the death of her husband, which occurred just three months before to a day-on the 26th of March 1907-her decline had been more rapid. Although she was constantly cared for by her only daughter, Miss Clemmie, and her other loved ones gave her all the kind attention in their power, the good mother, on the sudden death of her aged companion, by whose side she had traveled for over a half century, seemed to lose her interest in life, and the summons to come up higher found her ready and willing to go to join her loved ones that had gone on before.

Eliza Uhl was born in Holmes County, Ohio, April 15, 1831. In 1856 she was united in marriage with John C. Donahey. In 1866, they moved to Muscatine, Iowa, where they resided for seventeen years, and then moved to Jasper County settling on a farm in Buena Vista Township which was their home until 1892, when they moved to the beautiful home on North Mechanic Street of this city, which was their abiding place until both were transferred to the “home not built by hands.” Mother Donahey had been a faithful and devout member of the Methodist Episcopal Church from childhood a typical Christian wife and mother.

She was the mother of six children, five of whom survive her: D. E. and E. S. Donahey of this city; Wm. S. of Des Moines; J. H. of Gering, Neb.; and Clementine who has always remained at home with her parents. All were at home for the funeral of the mother excepting the son in Nebraska.

Funeral services were held at the home on Friday afternoon at 2 o’clock, conducted by presiding elder J. C. Willits of Oskaloosa, assisted by rev. O. S. baker, pastor of the First M. e. Church of this city. Music was furnished by Messrs. Fred Hough, Hal. Wilson, Geo. Allen and Ernest Earley, and the pallbearers were Messrs. C. W. Campbell, S. G. Russell, H. V. Van Epps, A. Long, Geo. T. Anderson and C. P. Axtell. Among the many beautiful flowers sent in by loving friends was a magnificent floral piece from the Epworth League of the Oskaloosa District, which was in session in Oskaloosa, and of which Miss Clemmie Donahey is the president. There was a very large attendance, many coming from the old neighborhood in the country where deceased had lived for many years. ~ Newspaper unknown, 1907