Norfolk City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Donovan, William Francis February 23, 1954
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Norfolk Virginian Pilot February 24, 1954

                      WILLIAM DONOVAN, JAIL DEPUTY, DIES

William Francis Donovan, 68, deputy city sergeant at the Norfolk City Jail, died 
yesterday at 12:15 p.m. at his residence, 217 West 30th Street, after a long 
illness.
A former clerical employee of the Norfolk and Western Railway here, he became a 
deputy sergeant in 1945. He had been on sick leave about six months, City 
Sergeant Lee F. Lawler said. "Donovan was very popular...careful and thorough in 
his work," Lawler added.
Born in Norfolk in 1885, he would have been 69 soon. He was a member of Blessed 
Sacrament Catholic Church. His parents were Thomas H. and Mrs. Johanna O'Meara 
Donovan.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Mary Hope Donovan; two daughters, Mrs. Margaret M. 
Woolridge and Mrs. Catherine Johnakin; two sons, William F. Donovan, Jr. and 
James H. Donovan, both of Norfolk; seven grandchildren and several nieces and 
nephews. 
The body was removed to the Brennan Funeral Home, Portsmouth.
Rosary services will be conducted at the residence tomorrow night at 8 o'clock.
Funeral services will be conducted Friday at 10 a.m. at Blessed Sacrament 
Catholic Church. Burial will be in St. Mary's Cemetery.
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William Francis Donovan — Funeral services for Mr. Donovan, deputy city sergeant 
of Norfolk, who died Tuesday, were conducted yesterday at 10 a.m. at the Blessed 
Sacrament Catholic Church by the Rev. Father Thomas Summers, assistant pastor of 
the church. Pallbearers were Frank G., Leo and Joseph Gillerlain, and Thomas, J.  
L., William, Robert and Garland Crump, all nephews of the deceased. Burial was 
in St. Mary’s Cemetery.

Norfolk Virginian Pilot February 27, 1954

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