BIO: DONNELLY, Mary Margaret Rita Stauber, Campbell Co., KY ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Contributed for use in US GenWeb Archives: Submitted by E-mail Registry Submitter: Sharlotte N e e l y D o n n e l l y Date: 2000 Subject: BIO: DONNELLY, Mary Margaret Rita Stauber, Campbell Co., KY ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Copyright (c) 2000 by Sharlotte N e e l y D o n n e l l y. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ******************************************************************************* USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free genealogical information on the Internet, data may be freely used for personal research and by non-commercial entities as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may not be reproduced in any format or presentation by other organizations or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for profit or any form of presentation, must obtain the written consent of the file submitter, or his legal representative and then contact the listed USGENWEB archivist with proof of this consent. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. http://www.usgwarchives.net. ******************************************************************************* Mary Margaret Rita Stauber Donnelly was born July 22, 1934 in Newport, Campbell County, Kentucky and died June 8, 2000 in Fort Thomas, Campbell County, Kentucky. The following biography is from her obituary in the June 9, 2000 Kentucky Post. Mary Margaret Stauber Donnelly was a kind, gentle woman who let her actions speak for her. The mother of eight and devout Roman Catholic was a model of consistency, said a son, Thomas Christian Donnelly of Cincinnati. "She always had love for everybody. She didn't care if you were rich or poor, black or white, it didn't make any difference. She loved people for who they were," said Donnelly, an attorney. Mrs. Donnelly, 65, of Fort Thomas, died Thursday at her home after an illness [cancer]. Church and family were the center of Mrs. Donnelly's life, her son said. "Mom was a woman who attributed anything good that she did to her mother, who raised six kids through the Great Depression," Donnelly said. "Whenever we would say something good about her, she would say we were also saying something good about our grandmother." Mrs. Donnelly grew up in Newport and graduated from Our Lady of Providence High School, where she had the lead role in the play, "Pride and Prejudice." After she had raised her eight children she began taking classes at Northern Kentucky University and later took jobs with Donnelley Directory and Longworth Hall. Her husband, Thomas M. Donnelly, preceded her in death. Other survivors include children, Nancy Maushart, Kathy Smith, Patty Kues, Mary Jude Gruenschlaeger and Kelly Donnelly, all of Fort Thomas, Molly Simmins of Dayton, and Kevin Donnelly of Lexington; sisters, Jeannette Heileman of Cincinnati and Ruth Elsbernd of Omaha, Neb.; a brother, Leo Stauber of Fort Wright; and 24 grandchildren [actually 23]. Mass of Christian burial will be a 10:30 a.m. Monday at St. Thomas Church, Fort Thomas. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Sunday at Muehlenkamp-Erschell Funeral Home, Fort Thomas. Burial will be in St. Joseph Cemetery, Wilder. Memorials are suggested to Hospice of Northern Kentucky, 1403 Alexandria Pike, Fort Thomas, Ky. 41075; Lemonade Foundation, Box 663, Covington, Ky. 41011; or Diocese of Covington Pro Life Commission, 947 Donaldson Highway, Erlanger, Ky. 41018. Arrangements: Neidhard-Minges Funeral Home, Cincinnati. *******************************************************************************