Norfolk City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Donovan, William F., Jr. December 29, 1981
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Virginian-Pilot  December 31, 1981
VIRGINIA BEACH — William Francis Donovan Jr., 64, of 2229 Bayville Road, the 
husband of Mary Estelle Donovan and a retired general foreman of the Norfolk Naval 
Air Rework Facility, died Tuesday in a Norfolk hospital.
A native of Norfolk, he had lived in Tidewater most of his life. He was a graduate 
of Norfolk Division, College of William and Mary (now Old Dominion University) and 
St. Mary’s Male Academy.
He also was a former semi-pro baseball player and an Army veteran of World War II.
He was a member of Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church and Bayside Lions Club and 
was past area chairman for Bayside Community League. He was a former secretary for 
Woodmen of the World.
Other survivors include a son, William F. Donovan III, of Virginia Beach; two 
sisters, Margaret D. Wooldridge and Catherine D. Johnakin, and a brother, James H. 
Donovan, all of Norfolk.
A Mass of the Resurrection will be celebrated at 7 p.m. Friday in Blessed 
Sacrament Catholic Church by the Rev. Fr. John Grace. Burial will be at 10 a.m. 
Saturday in St. Mary’s Catholic Cemetery, Norfolk. Hollomon-Brown Funeral Home, 
Bayside Chapel, has charge.

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