DONOVAN, Neta Ethel 1896 - 1960

DONOVAN, WEEKS, CATHEY, PEARSON, SMITH, MCCLURE

Posted By: Joey Stark
Date: 9/4/2021 at 17:00:11

"The Fairfield Ia. Ledger"
Wednesday, February 3, 1960
Page 8, Column 3

Mrs. DONOVAN Taken In Death

Mrs. Neta DONOVAN, 63, died Tuesday at 8:50 p.m. at University hospital in Iowa City (note: in Johnson Co., IA). She had been seriously ill since last September.

Mrs. DONOVAN made her home at 205 N. Sixth St. Most of her life was spent in Fairfield.

Services will be held Friday at 2 p.m. at the Weston Behner Funeral home in charge of the Rev. J. P. Foster, former local pastor. Burial will be in Evergreen cemetery.

Mrs. DONOVAN was born April 19, 1896 at Martinsburg, the daughter of William K. and Permelia WEEKS CATHEY. She was married to Edward R. DONOVAN Dec. 22, 1937. She was a member of the Methodist church, Rebekah Lodge No. 386 and the Degree of Honor.

Surviving are her husband, a patient at the University hospital, and one daughter, Mrs. PEARSON, Alta Loma, Calif. Other survivors are four grandchildren; a twin sister, Mrs. Nina SMITH, Fairfield; and a brother, Tom CATHEY, Mt. Pleasant. One brother and one sister preceded her in death.

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"The Fairfield Ia. Ledger"
Thursday, February 18, 1960
Page 2, Column 8

CARD OF THANKS

The kindness and sympathy of neighbors and friends in our recent sorrow will always remain with us a precious memory. Our sincere thanks and gratitude for all those comforting acts.

E. R. DONOVAN
Mrs. Marie PEARSON
Nina SMITH
T. H. CATHEY

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Note: Buried in Lot 2nd.152. She was first married to Glen L. McCLURE, and second to Edward R. DONOVAN who died in 1966 (as his second wife); she is buried with Edward.