Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Donovan, Carolynne Adelia (McAlary) January 10, 2022
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Ionia Sentinel Standard Sat. January 15, 2022

Carolynne Adelia Donovan

Carolynne Adelia Donovan passed away peacefully on January 11, 2022.She was born 
on march 31, 1936 to Adelia Nash McAlary and A.Leo McAlary. She attended school 
at SS.Peter & Paul Academy in Ionia where she enjoyed preforming in school 
musicals. Though she was a talented singer and played the piano, she was also 
strong and adventurous growing up, loved swimming and boating, and even recalled 
riding her horse many times alone to the Nash family farm in Clarksville. After 
attending Aquinas College in Grand Rapids, she married her hometown sweetheart 
Lawrence Donovan in 1956. They travelled a bit with his baseball career, but 
they ultimately returned to Ionia where they settled and raised their family.

Carolynne was a dedicated teacher, and spent the majority of her career teaching 
4th grade at Jefferson Elementary School in Ionia. She truly enjoyed students 
from the early days who came back to visit as adult. Outside of school, her 
family was her priority but she also enjoyed reading and listening to or 
performing music She was a long time member of Ionia Women's Literary Club.

In addition to her parents, Carolynne is preceded in death by her husband 
Lawrence, her daughter, Kelley McClintock, and her brother Joseph McAlary.

She will be dearly missed by her children and their spouses, Mary (Tom) 
Livingston, Deborah Belcore, and Douglas (Mary) Donovan. She was a loving 
grandmother to Katherine and Jack Livingston, Christopher and Robert Belcore, 
Jennifer (Chris) Spearling, John William Hearld and Lia and Conor Donovan. Her
great-grandchildren Nolan and Calen Spearling, Korinthia and Pascale Belcore, 
and Gavin Hearld brought her special fourth generation joy. She is also survived 
by her sister Mary McAlary, brothers Phillip (Holy) and William McAlary, sister-
in-law Marie (Norm) Arndt and many nieces and  nephews.

A memorial mass will be held 12:00 p.m,Wednesday, January 19, 2022 at SS Peter & 
Paul Catholic Church in Ionia with Father Tom Brown presiding.Arrangements by 
Lake Funeral Home in Ionia.Online condolences may be made at 
www.lakefuneralhomes.com


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