MAE DONALDSON, Obituary, Fergus Co., MT

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Lewistown Paper  10-23-1987
Lewistown Montana, Fergus County

Mae Donaldson, 89, died Friday morning at a Great Falls nursing home after a lengthy illness.

She was born November 21, 1897, at Cambridge, IL, to James and Edith Crouch, and she received her schooling 
in IO.  She later married George A. Donaldson on December 29, 1921 at Moorehead, MN.

After their marriage, they moved to Denton and farmed east of there.  After he husband died in 1966, Mrs. 
Donaldson moved into Denton and had lived there since that time.  The past six years, she was living in and out 
of nursing homes.

She was a member of the American Legion Auxiliary, a past president of Circle Peace, and was very involved 
with the Denton Community Methodist Church, WSCS, and the Denton Garden Club.

She is preceded in death by her parents, husband, one sister and one brother.  

She is survived by one son, Duane Donaldson of Denton; two daughters, Marian Dacus of Denton and Doris 
Chamberlain of Helena; two sisters, Ethel Quinn of Sun City West, AZ, and Bess Stonner of Albany, CA, ; of 
brother frank Crouch of Phoenix, AZ; eight grandchildren; and 16 great grandchildren.

Funeral services will be Tuesday , October 27th at 2 p.m. at the Creel-Morrison-Retz Chapel, Rev. Ron Kalpalka 
officiating.  Interment will be at the Lewistown City Cemetery.

Memorials to the Denton Ambulance Fund or to ones of your choice are preferred by the family.