Person:Richard Donovan (3)

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m. 6 Jun 1882
  1. Richard Donovan1884 - 1962
  2. Mayme Donovan1885 -
  3. Rose Donovan1887 - 1967
  4. John Donovan1889 - 1966
  5. Maurice Donovan1892 - 1957
  6. Martin Donovan1894 - 1987
  7. Cornelius Donovan1897 - 1977
  8. Josephine Donovan1900 - 1950
  9. Agnes Donovan
m. 22 Apr 1924
  1. Madonna Donovan1924 - 2007
  2. Gerald Donovan1934 - 2001
Facts and Events
Name Richard Donovan
Gender Male
Birth? 1 Mar 1884 Garry Owen, Jackson, Iowa, United States
Marriage 22 Apr 1924 to Blanche Johnson
Death? 16 Feb 1962 Dubuque, Dubuque, Iowa, United States

From the February 18, 1962, edition of the Dubuque (IA) Telegraph Herald

Richard Donovan

Richard Donovan, 78, of 642 University, died at 3:32 pm Friday at Mercy Hospital.

Friends may call after 7 pm Saturday at the Hoffmann Mortuary. Funeral services will be held at 9 am Monday at St. Raphael's Cathedral, with the Rt. Rev. Msgr. J.V. Casey, the pastor offering the Requiem High Mass. Burial will be Mount Olivet Cemetery.

He was born at Garryowen, Jackson County, Ia., son of Maurice and Mary Ellen Shanahan, and resided in Dubuque for the past 20 years. He married the former Blanche Johnson in 1924.

He farmed until 26 years ago. He was employed for a number of years at General Dry Battery Co. until he retired.

Survivors are his wife; two daughters, Mrs. Louis (Madonna) Brenke, Mrs. Norbert (Lois) Houselog, both of Dubuque; three sons, Cornelius L. (Neal), Bernard, Ia., Francis J., Dubuque, and Gerald W. Donovan, Rockdale, Ia.; 16 grandchildren; one great-granddaughter; one sister, Mrs. Rose Barrett, Dubuque; three brothers, Martin Donovan, Lansing, Mich., John Donovan, Lansing, Mich., and Cornelius Donovan, San Francisco, Calif.

A parish Rosary will be recited at 8 pm Sunday at the mortuary.

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