Donovan, John Wallace, 1888-1969

DONOVAN, REINEMAN, FITZPATRICK, LARSON

Posted By: Lydia Lucas - Volunteer (email)
Date: 6/13/2021 at 20:33:35

From the Hawarden Independent, January 8, 1970:

J. W. DONOVAN FUNERAL HELD

John Wallace Donovan, 81, former resident of Hawarden and a longtime resident of Chula, Missouri, died December 28. He was a retired carpenter and had been in failing health for several years.

Donovan was born in Livingston County, Missouri August 10, 1888. He married Alice Pauline Reineman October 1, 1907. She died in 1915 and he married Alice (Fitzpatrick) Larson September 26, 1923.

Surviving are five daughters, Mrs. Orville Jacobs, Chula; Mrs. George Cullen, Nobelsville, Indiana; Mrs. Alice Mae Cory, Sioux City; Mrs. Mildred Vander Weide, Sioux Center; Mrs. Betty Wayer, Champaign, Illinois; one stepdaughter, Mrs. Kathryn Vander Pol of Hawarden; three sons, John W. Donovan, Sioux Falls; James Donovan, Phillips, Nebraska; and Orville Albert Donovan, Center, North Dakota; 50 grandchildren, and 24 great-grandchildren.

Funeral services were held last week on Wednesday in Chula at the Robertson-Lindley Funeral Home with Rev. Herbert Wingate in charge. Interment was in the Wallace cemetery north of Chula.

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A similar obituary was published in the Sioux Center News, January 8, 1970. It also says he was survived by five daughters, but actually lists six, adding Mrs. Hildred Vander Weide of Orange City. (See also the obituary of his wife, Mary Alice Donovan, posted separately.)

Research Note: For additional information on the Donovan family, see the obituary of his stepson, Arthur Earl Larson (posted separately.)