Norfolk City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....O'Donnell, Joseph Dominic June 9, 1934
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Virginian Pilot and The Norfolk Landmark June 11, 1934 - edited

             FUNERAL SERICES FOR BLAST VICTIM THIS AFTERNOON

Funeral services for Joseph O'Donnell, of 225 Ward Avenue, victim of the fire 
which also resulted in injuries to five other men in the enamel oven at the Ford 
assembly plant Saturday morning, will be conducted at H.D. Oliver's Funeral 
Apartments, 610-612 East Freemason Street, this afternoon at 4 o'clock. Burial 
will be in St. Mary's Cemetery.
O'Donnell and the other three were cleaning out one of the enamel ovens at the 
plant Saturday morning when there was a burst of flame, the origin of which has 
not yet been determined by plant officials. The other three men are recovering 
from their burns but Mr. O'Donnell died Saturday night at 11:06 o'clock, a 
little less than 12 hours after the accident.  
Two other men, at work in the upper part of the oven, were not burned, but 
sustained bruises when they jumped down 10 feet to make their escape.
O'Connell was a native of Columbus, Ohio and had been a resident of Norfolk for 
four years, during which time he was employed at the Ford plant. Besides his 
wife, Mrs. Grace Osgood O'Donnell, he is survived by four stepsons, L. Monroe, 
Alfred B., Joseph E. and Clifton F. Cummings; one sister, Miss Mary O'Donnell, 
of Columbus and three brothers, George O. O'Donnell, of Columbus; Michael 
O'Donnell, of Chicago and Hugh O'Connell, of Evansville, Ind. Mr. O'Donnell was 
45 years old.
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Joseph D. O’Donnell — Funeral services for Joseph D. O'Donnell, who died 
Saturday evening at a local hospital, were held yesterday afternoon at 4 o’clock 
at H. D. Oliver’s Funeral Apartments, 610-12 East Freemason street, with the 
Rev. Patrick J. Tierney, of Sacred Heart Catholic Church, officiating. Interment 
was in St. Mary’s Cemetery. The pallbearers were L. L. Scott, L. T. West, Horace 
Jernigan, .. Heath, R. C. Whitehead and George Bowen.

Virginian Pilot and The Norfolk Landmark June 12, 1934   (no initials for Mr. 
Heath)


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