ALEXANDRIA, INDIANA-Judy Donahue, 73, died Tuesday, October 25, 2005 at her residence following an extended illness.
Judy was born March 25, 1932 in Elwood and lived her early years in Tipton, Elwood and Alexandria. She graduated from Elwood High School in 1950. Judy was an employee of Rhodes Jewelry Stores in Elwood and Tipton and just prior to her marriage was a stewardess with Capitol Airlines, flying out of Washington, DC. She was a member of St. Mary Church in Alexandria.
In 1955, she became the bride of Thomas (Ted) Donahue and thereafter was a resident of Alexandria for 50 years. During this time she was active in the Alexandria Civic Theater and joined with her family members in many productions of that group. She was a former member of the Tri Kappa Sorority and the Art Circle.
Judy and her husband were avid RVers and together made many winter trips to the Pacific Coast of Mexico and Central America. On her last trip to Mexico in 2003, she had the pleasure of meeting her sponsored child in the Christian Children's Fund in the state of Oaxaca.
Surviving are her husband-Thomas E. (Ted) Donahue; son, two daughters. She took special joy in her five grandchildren.
Judy also leaves two sisters and two brothers.
Judy also is survived by two special friends and several nieces and nephews.
Preceding her in death were her parents Herb and Angela Brady Wheatley and an older sister Dorothy Wheatley.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be at 10 AM on Thursday, October 27, 2005 in St. Joseph Catholic Church, 1306 South A Street in Elwood with Rev. Fr. Paul W. Cochran, pastor, officiating. Interment will follow in the I.O.O.F. Cemetery in Alexandria.
Friends may call at the Noffze Funeral Home, 501 North Harrison Street in Alexandria on Wednesday from 3 PM to 8 PM. A Prayer Service will be in the funeral home at 7:30 Wednesday.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Building Fund of Saint Mary's Catholic Church in Alexandria through the funeral home.
Thanks Linda for taking the picture of Judy's headstone.
Judy was born March 25, 1932 in Elwood and lived her early years in Tipton, Elwood and Alexandria. She graduated from Elwood High School in 1950. Judy was an employee of Rhodes Jewelry Stores in Elwood and Tipton and just prior to her marriage was a stewardess with Capitol Airlines, flying out of Washington, DC. She was a member of St. Mary Church in Alexandria.
In 1955, she became the bride of Thomas (Ted) Donahue and thereafter was a resident of Alexandria for 50 years. During this time she was active in the Alexandria Civic Theater and joined with her family members in many productions of that group. She was a former member of the Tri Kappa Sorority and the Art Circle.
Judy and her husband were avid RVers and together made many winter trips to the Pacific Coast of Mexico and Central America. On her last trip to Mexico in 2003, she had the pleasure of meeting her sponsored child in the Christian Children's Fund in the state of Oaxaca.
Surviving are her husband-Thomas E. (Ted) Donahue; son, two daughters. She took special joy in her five grandchildren.
Judy also leaves two sisters and two brothers.
Judy also is survived by two special friends and several nieces and nephews.
Preceding her in death were her parents Herb and Angela Brady Wheatley and an older sister Dorothy Wheatley.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be at 10 AM on Thursday, October 27, 2005 in St. Joseph Catholic Church, 1306 South A Street in Elwood with Rev. Fr. Paul W. Cochran, pastor, officiating. Interment will follow in the I.O.O.F. Cemetery in Alexandria.
Friends may call at the Noffze Funeral Home, 501 North Harrison Street in Alexandria on Wednesday from 3 PM to 8 PM. A Prayer Service will be in the funeral home at 7:30 Wednesday.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Building Fund of Saint Mary's Catholic Church in Alexandria through the funeral home.
Thanks Linda for taking the picture of Judy's headstone.
ALEXANDRIA, INDIANA-Judy Donahue, 73, died Tuesday, October 25, 2005 at her residence following an extended illness.
Judy was born March 25, 1932 in Elwood and lived her early years in Tipton, Elwood and Alexandria. She graduated from Elwood High School in 1950. Judy was an employee of Rhodes Jewelry Stores in Elwood and Tipton and just prior to her marriage was a stewardess with Capitol Airlines, flying out of Washington, DC. She was a member of St. Mary Church in Alexandria.
In 1955, she became the bride of Thomas (Ted) Donahue and thereafter was a resident of Alexandria for 50 years. During this time she was active in the Alexandria Civic Theater and joined with her family members in many productions of that group. She was a former member of the Tri Kappa Sorority and the Art Circle.
Judy and her husband were avid RVers and together made many winter trips to the Pacific Coast of Mexico and Central America. On her last trip to Mexico in 2003, she had the pleasure of meeting her sponsored child in the Christian Children's Fund in the state of Oaxaca.
Surviving are her husband-Thomas E. (Ted) Donahue; son, two daughters. She took special joy in her five grandchildren.
Judy also leaves two sisters and two brothers.
Judy also is survived by two special friends and several nieces and nephews.
Preceding her in death were her parents Herb and Angela Brady Wheatley and an older sister Dorothy Wheatley.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be at 10 AM on Thursday, October 27, 2005 in St. Joseph Catholic Church, 1306 South A Street in Elwood with Rev. Fr. Paul W. Cochran, pastor, officiating. Interment will follow in the I.O.O.F. Cemetery in Alexandria.
Friends may call at the Noffze Funeral Home, 501 North Harrison Street in Alexandria on Wednesday from 3 PM to 8 PM. A Prayer Service will be in the funeral home at 7:30 Wednesday.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Building Fund of Saint Mary's Catholic Church in Alexandria through the funeral home.
Thanks Linda for taking the picture of Judy's headstone.
Judy was born March 25, 1932 in Elwood and lived her early years in Tipton, Elwood and Alexandria. She graduated from Elwood High School in 1950. Judy was an employee of Rhodes Jewelry Stores in Elwood and Tipton and just prior to her marriage was a stewardess with Capitol Airlines, flying out of Washington, DC. She was a member of St. Mary Church in Alexandria.
In 1955, she became the bride of Thomas (Ted) Donahue and thereafter was a resident of Alexandria for 50 years. During this time she was active in the Alexandria Civic Theater and joined with her family members in many productions of that group. She was a former member of the Tri Kappa Sorority and the Art Circle.
Judy and her husband were avid RVers and together made many winter trips to the Pacific Coast of Mexico and Central America. On her last trip to Mexico in 2003, she had the pleasure of meeting her sponsored child in the Christian Children's Fund in the state of Oaxaca.
Surviving are her husband-Thomas E. (Ted) Donahue; son, two daughters. She took special joy in her five grandchildren.
Judy also leaves two sisters and two brothers.
Judy also is survived by two special friends and several nieces and nephews.
Preceding her in death were her parents Herb and Angela Brady Wheatley and an older sister Dorothy Wheatley.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be at 10 AM on Thursday, October 27, 2005 in St. Joseph Catholic Church, 1306 South A Street in Elwood with Rev. Fr. Paul W. Cochran, pastor, officiating. Interment will follow in the I.O.O.F. Cemetery in Alexandria.
Friends may call at the Noffze Funeral Home, 501 North Harrison Street in Alexandria on Wednesday from 3 PM to 8 PM. A Prayer Service will be in the funeral home at 7:30 Wednesday.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Building Fund of Saint Mary's Catholic Church in Alexandria through the funeral home.
Thanks Linda for taking the picture of Judy's headstone.
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