Charles E.  O'Donnell
                                            
  
  Charles E. O'Donnell 79, was born on April 12, 1901 in Crawford county, 
  Iowa, the son of Charles M. and Katherine Foley O'Donnell.  He died on  
  Thursday p.m., September 25, 1980 at Crawford County Memorial Hospital 
  in Denison, Iowa.  He was  raised on  a family  farm. He  received his  
  education in rural  schools near  his home.  After making  his home in  
  California, he entered the  U. S. Army  during World War  II. Later he  
  made his home in Oakland, California. On July 3, 1949 he was united in 
  marriage to Josephine Pepitone  at Oakland. They  continued to live in  
  Oakland where he worked in the ship yards. After Mrs. O'Donnells death 
  in December 1968, he moved to Holister Mo. where he retired. Due to ill 
  health, he entered the Denison Care Center in July of 1980.
  
  In addition to his parents and his wife, he was preceded in death by 2 
  sisters, Alice  Walde  and  Edith  O'Donnell  and  1  brother,  James.  
  Survivors include one  brother, John K.  O'Donnell of  Omaha and three  
  sisters, Mrs Lillian Judson, Miss Esther O'Donnell and Mrs. Claire Buck 
  all of Omaha. Also by 11 nieces  and nephews including Michael Buck of  
  Vail, Maxine Walde of  Denison and Marjorie  Knott of Carroll. Funeral  
  services were held  on September  27, 1980 at  10:30 a.m.  at St Ann's  
  church in Vail.  Burial was in  St. Ann's  cemetery. Father Paul-Louis  
  Arts officiated at  Mass and  graveside. Pallbearers  were Reed, Brad,  
  Jeff, and Doug  Knott, John and  Dennis Higgins. A  rosary service was  
  held at 8 p. m. Friday at Huebner Funeral Home
  
  Funeral arrangements  were made  under  the direction  of  the Huebner  
  Funeral home of Denison, Iowa.
  
  The Vail Observer