Marie Jewell Donahue Schmidgall
August 6, 1916 — January 22, 2015
Marie Jewell Donahue Schmidgall
Marie Jewell Donahue Schmidgall, an Irish girl of 98 years passed away on January 22, 2015 in Noblesville. Marie was born August 6, 1916 in Birdseye, Indiana.
Everyone should be so lucky to have an Aunt Marie and Uncle Henry. They survived the great depression and WWII and both lived into their 90's. Henry Fredrick Schmidgall died May 29, 2011 at the age of 94. Henry worked as a printer for 40 years. They were married on July 3, 1954 and lived in Indianapolis during their married life.
Marie was born on a farm, one mile south of Birdseye, Indiana in Dubois County. She came to Indianapolis seeking work after there was no more fuel to run the farm during WW II. She and her mother, Ollie Comstock Donahue (who lived to be 96 years) left the farm on Dec. 21, 1943. A few days later, Marie found work at Eli Lilly and Company. Marie worked her way up to supervisor before retiring Dec. 31, 1979. Her father, Charles Summer Donahue was born Oct. 2, 1893.
Charles later follow his wife and daughter from the farm to Indianapolis to find work. Charles was the second child of M.G. and Martha Donahue. Marie had one brother Dale Mathew Donahue born July 21, 1920 and died in 1993.
Marie and Henry's remaining family includes a niece, Rosa Sharon Hill of Boca Raton, Florida; a nephew Ted L. Rowland, and his wife Mary Sue Rowland, Noblesville; grand nephews are Dean Rowland, Dane Rowland, and his family Mikki Rowland, Vincent and Vivian Rowland all of Noblesville; Sue Hahn, living as a missionary in Kumamoto Ken, Japan; who's grandmother of Irish decent and Marie were close relatives.
Great lives lived well. Marie and Henry, the Irish girl and the German lad married for over 50 years and each living life for almost a century. Marie had a vivid memory and loved family history while Henry loved life and stories of his war service in the US Cavalry. They brought joy to their stories of days gone by and while living each day to the fullest.
A special service honoring Marie and Henry was attended by their family at Randall & Roberts Funeral Home in Noblesville
Everyone should be so lucky to have an Aunt Marie and Uncle Henry. They survived the great depression and WWII and both lived into their 90's. Henry Fredrick Schmidgall died May 29, 2011 at the age of 94. Henry worked as a printer for 40 years. They were married on July 3, 1954 and lived in Indianapolis during their married life.
Marie was born on a farm, one mile south of Birdseye, Indiana in Dubois County. She came to Indianapolis seeking work after there was no more fuel to run the farm during WW II. She and her mother, Ollie Comstock Donahue (who lived to be 96 years) left the farm on Dec. 21, 1943. A few days later, Marie found work at Eli Lilly and Company. Marie worked her way up to supervisor before retiring Dec. 31, 1979. Her father, Charles Summer Donahue was born Oct. 2, 1893.
Charles later follow his wife and daughter from the farm to Indianapolis to find work. Charles was the second child of M.G. and Martha Donahue. Marie had one brother Dale Mathew Donahue born July 21, 1920 and died in 1993.
Marie and Henry's remaining family includes a niece, Rosa Sharon Hill of Boca Raton, Florida; a nephew Ted L. Rowland, and his wife Mary Sue Rowland, Noblesville; grand nephews are Dean Rowland, Dane Rowland, and his family Mikki Rowland, Vincent and Vivian Rowland all of Noblesville; Sue Hahn, living as a missionary in Kumamoto Ken, Japan; who's grandmother of Irish decent and Marie were close relatives.
Great lives lived well. Marie and Henry, the Irish girl and the German lad married for over 50 years and each living life for almost a century. Marie had a vivid memory and loved family history while Henry loved life and stories of his war service in the US Cavalry. They brought joy to their stories of days gone by and while living each day to the fullest.
A special service honoring Marie and Henry was attended by their family at Randall & Roberts Funeral Home in Noblesville
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