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Daniel F. Donoghue
25 Jun 1855 – 11 Feb 1927
| Birth | 25 Jun 1855 |
| Death | 11 Feb 1927 |
| Cemetery | Saint Bonaventure Cemetery Columbus , Platte County , Nebraska , USA |
| Added by | Shirley (Bruhn) Martys on 05 Jul 2008 |
| FaG | https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/18070084 |
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From www.usgenwebsites.org: D.F. Donohue, Pioneer, Dies Unexpectedly; Victim Heart Attack Passes Away at 9:30 a.m. Today--Prominent Resident of County 44 years Death claimed another prominent pioneer of 44 years' residence in Platte county at 9:30 this morning when Daniel F. Donohue, aged 74, passed away at his home at 1971 Twenty-sixth avenue, following a heart attack. Mr. Donohue had been suffering for the past three months with an illness of a rheumatic nature and had been confined to his bed for a week, but he had made sufficient recovery so that he was able to be up and around the house since last MOnday. This morning, after he had dressed and breakfasted, he asked for his glasses so that he might read the newspaper and the morning mail. Members of the household left him alone for a few moments, and when they returned they found that he had suffered a sudden heart attack and that death had come to the pioneer. Born in Mallow, County Cork, Ireland, on June 25, 1852, Mr. Donohue migrated at the age of 18, with his sister, Miss Hannah Donohue, to Omaha, Neb. Later he went to Utah and became interested in the gold mining industry, remaining in the western state for four years, when he again returned to Omaha. In 1883 he was married to Miss Hanoria Francis in Omaha, and the couple moved to a farm 9 miles northwest of Columbus, which was the family home until Mr. Donohue retired from active faming in 1920, the family moving to Columbus to make their home in Twenty-sixth avenue, where death came to him this morning. Mr. Donohue through his lifetime was, politically, a staunch democrat and, though never holding public office, was always active in party affairs. He was a devout communicant of the Catholic church, and was a member of the Holy Name society and the Columbus council of the Knights of Columbus. He was one of the county's substantial farmers, in which vocation he achieved a distinct success. A man of splendid personality, he was held in highest esteem by all who knew him. Surviving Mr. Donohue are the widow, five sons and two daughters -- John, at Pine Bluffs, Wyo.; Dan, of Columbus; Robert and James, on the home farm; Edward, in Omaha; Mrs. Mae Branigan, of Denison, Ia., and Miss Gertrude Donohue, at home. He leaves also one brother, Dennis Donohue, of Omaha, and one sister, Mrs. Ellen Kelley, also of Omaha, besides nine grandchildren. Funeral arrangements had not been made at the time of the Telegram's press time. [abt. Feb 1927]
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- Robert F. Donoghue 1884–1940
- Daniel J. Donoghue 1885–1958
- Mae Ellen Donoghue Branigan 1892–1959
- Gertrude Donoghue 1892–1975
- Edward H. Donoghue 1894–1958
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