Cornelia Donahue 1932-2022

Cornelia Donahue 1932-2022

Cornelia Irene Donahue, Meskwabnokwe, 90, formerly of Mayetta, died Friday, Sept. 30, 2022, at Maple Heights Nursing Home in Hiawatha.

She was born July 9, 1932, in Mayetta, the daughter of Charles Harrison Sr. and Minnie Nozhackum Harrison. She graduated from high school in Marty, S.D., and from Clarks Business School in Topeka.

Ms. Donahue worked in the office of the Secretary of State for Kansas for 19 years, from 1974 to 1993.

She was a member of Our Lady of the Snows Catholic Church and the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation.

She married Paulino Jim Sr. He died in 1995. She married Donald Donahue. They later divorced.

She was preceded in death by her parents; two sons, Michael Jim Sr. and Paulino Jim Jr.; a grandson, David Jim; a granddaughter, Mahne Jim; a great-granddaughter, Ellie Mae Jim; and siblings, Geraldine, John, Edward, Sarah, Lloyd, Floyd, Kenneth, Charles Jr., William and Franklin.

Survivors include a sister, LaVera “Babe” Bell, Mayetta; four sons, William Jim Sr. (Lea), Thomas R. Jim Sr. (Sandi) and Philip Jim Sr. (Debbie), all of Mayetta, and Ron Jim, Kansas City, Mo.; two daughters, Mary Tiscareńo, Topeka and Cecily C. Jessepe (Robert C.), Hoyt; and several grandchildren and great-grandchildren.

Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10 a.m. Friday, Oct. 7 at St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church in Mayetta. A rosary will be prayed at 9:30 a.m. Friday before the mass. Burial will follow the mass in Dance Ground Cemetery. Ms. Donahue will lie in state from 9 a.m. until 3 p.m. Thursday at Chapel Oaks Funeral Home in Hoyt. A supper and wake service will be held Thursday evening at the Nozhackum Hall, 8362 158th Rd., Mayetta.

Memorial contributions may be made to Our Lady of the Snows Catholic Church, sent in care of Chapel Oaks Funeral Home, P.O. Box 280, Hoyt, KS 66440.

 

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