Mrs. W. H. Donner suffered a cerebral hemorrhage Monday evening and died at 4:30 this morning without regaining consciousness. The funeral will be held at St. Mary’s Episcopal church at 3 o’clock Friday afternoon, April 28th, Rev. A. E. Marsh officiating. She was born in Wisconsin October 22nd, 1863, and was therefore 58 years of age last October. She had lived in Blair for nearly 40 years. She is survived by her husband, William H. Donner and two sons, William Wilds of Billings, Mont. and Carroll Service of Blair. Mrs. Donner was a member of St. Mary’s Episcopal church, Blair, St. Mary’s Guild, the Royal Neighbors and the W.R.C. and leaves a wide circle of friends to mourn her sudden departure from this life.

#2-27 Apr., 1922 - The Enterprise - Effie Donner

MRS. WILLIAM DONNER

Mrs. William Donner was born in Wisconsin October 22, 1863, and died at her home in Blair April 26, 1922 at 4:30 a.m. after a residence here of nearly forty years.

She was a member of the St. Mary’s Episcopal church of Blair, St. Mary’s Guild, Royal Neighbors and the Relief Corps. She was a woman of excellent character and a kindly disposition that brought her many friends.

Her illness was of short duration, only lasting about thirty six hours after suffering a stroke of paralysis.

She leaves to mourn her as immediate relatives her husband, Mr. Wm. Donner, a son, Wm. Wild of Billings, Montana and another son, Carrol Service of Blair.

The funeral service will be tomorrow, Friday, at 3 p.m. from the Episcopal church, and interment will be made in the Blair cemetery.

#3 Printed in the April 27, 1922 Tribune, Blair, Nebraska

MRS. W.H. DONNER PASSES AWAY AFTER BRIEF ILLNESS

Mrs. W.H. Donner died at her home in Blair on April 26, 1922, at 4:30 a.m. after an illness of less than thirty-six hours.

She was born in Wisconsin on October 22, 1863, and had resided in Blair for nearly forty years. She leaves surviving, her husband, William H. Donner, and two sons, William Wilds, of Billings, Mont., and Carroll Service of Blair.

Mrs. Donner was a member of St. Mary’s Episcopal church of Blair, St. Mary’s Guild, the Royal Neighbors and the Relief Corps, and leaves a wide circle of friends to mourn her loss.

The funeral will be held at St. Mary’s Episcopal church Friday, April 28, at 3 p.m., conducted by Rev. A.E. Marsh, and interment made in the Blair cemetery.

~~~Obituaries courtesy of the Nebraska Washington County Genealogical Society. Newspaper clippings on file in the Blair, Nebraska Public Library~~~

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