Paul Smith McDonald (2009)

ASPENDON, CLARK, CORKREAN, HAIGH, HARRIS, MCDONALD, MEIN, NARRAMORE, WEAVER

Posted By: Mary Welty Hart
Date: 12/24/2009 at 16:16:49

Winterset Madisonian
Winterset, Iowa
Wednesday, December 23, 2009

PAUL McDONALD, Winterset

Paul McDonald, age 76, of Winterset, Iowa, died peacefully surrounded by his family Monday, Dec. 21, 2009, at Kavanagh House in Des Moines.

Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Monday, Dec. 28, at Ochiltree Funeral Service & Aftercare in Winterset. Burial will follow at the Grand River Center Cemetery, Adair County, Iowa. Friends may call beginning at noon on Sunday, Dec. 27, at the funeral home where the family will be present to receive guests from 2-4 p.m. In lieu of flowers, memorials in Paul’s name to be used at the discretion of the family will be appreciated.

Paul was born Nov. 8, 1933, on the family farm in Madison County, Iowa, to Wallace and Gladys (Clark) McDonald. He attended rural schools and later Winterset High School. He met his future wife, Barbara Weaver, at a restaurant in Winterset and later married her on Nov. 24, 1963, in Adair County, Iowa. To this union they had three sons, James, Lonnie, and Darren.

Paul loved his family and enjoyed life. He worked as an auto mechanic for many years, retiring in 1996 from Irwin Auto in Winterset. Most recently he worked at the O’Reilly Auto Store stocking shelves and delivering parts. Paul was a fishing enthusiast and liked to play cribbage. He also enjoyed camping with his wife and was a member of the Covered Bridge Campers.

He is survived by his beloved wife, Barbara, of Winterset; loving sons, Jim (Rose Marie) of Winterset, Lonnie (wife, Robin) of Grandview, Mo., and Darren of St. Charles; two cherished grandchildren, Taylor Jeane and Dakota Paul; devoted siblings, Zola Haigh, Barbara Corkrean, and Jim McDonald and wife, Beverly; sisters-in-law, Viola McDonald, Dixie McDonald, and Becky Weaver Narramore; brother-in-law, Al Duane and wife, Janice Weaver; special cousins-in-law, Gaylord Harris and wife, LaVaun, Doris Mein, Darlene Aspedon and husband, Bill; and several additional cousins, family and good friends.

Preceding Paul in death were his parents and brothers, Wayne, Harold, Scott, Leonard, and Melvin.

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