Ellen Webb Donahoo (1844-1901)

DONAHOO, WEBB

Posted By: Gail and Dennis Bell
Date: 5/29/2005 at 10:50:39

THE MAXWELL TRIBUNE, Maxwell, Iowa, Thursday, June 20, 1901, page 1, column 6. "Mrs. Jas. W. Donahoo Called to Rest. - This community has again been called upon to mourn the loss of another of the early settlers, Mrs. Jas. W. Donahoo, having passed to the life beyond, Saturday morning. The entire neighborhood is bowed down with sorrow and to all who knew her the loss seems person, for she was one who enjoyed the esteem and love of a large circle of friends. Her kindly disposition and motherly deportment made a deep impression upon all with whom she met; her noble christian life was ad admonition to all to walk uprightly before God and man and thus day by day she unconsciously wielded a mighty influence for good. As the body is laid away in the tomb, we are filled with poignant grief and feel keenly the loss sustained, but her spirit is with us still, whose purifying influence will live on and in memory, ever sustaining righteousness. Miss Ellen Webb was born in Selby county, Indiana, January 21, 1844, and removed with her parents to Polk county, Iowa, in 1848. On March 15, 1865, she was united in marriage to James W. Donahoo. To this union two sons were born, M. R. and E. C. both of whom remain to comfort their father as he reaches the evening of life. She united with the Methodist Episcopal church, thirty years ago and has ever been a faithful consistent member. When called to her eternal home she had reached the age of fifty-seven years, five months and thirteen days. The funeral services were held Sunday afternoon, conducted by Rev. O. F. Shaw, pastor of the M. E. church of this place.. assisted by Rev. V. Urbina, pastor of the Evangelical church at Iowa Center, and the Maxwell M. E. choir furnished the music. A brief service was held at the house, after which the body was taken to the church at Iowa Center where the funeral sermon was preached. The large concourse of friends present, not half of whom could get within the church, attested the high esteem in which she was held and the earnest wish of all to offer condolence to the bereaved husband and sons who are called upon to bear the loss of wife and mother. The remains were laid to rest in the beautiful cemetery at Iowa Center. The sympathy of the entire community is extended to the bereaved relatives."

THE MAXWELL TRIBUNE, Maxwell, Iowa, Thursday, June 20, 1901, page 12, column 2. "A. K. Webb attended the funeral of his sister, Mrs. Donahoo, of Iowa Center, last Sunday."