Obituary

		       Mrs. Elizabeth McDonald

The funeral was at 10:30  a.m. Monday in St. Joseph's Catholic Church,
Sugar Creek,  for MRs.  Elizabeth M. McDonald,  86, of  rural Preston.
She died Saturday in her home.

The  Rev. Ed  Bitkin officiated.  Burial was  in the  church cemetery.
Pallbearers were Gerald Hartung,  Jim McDonald, Joe Hand, Edward Cain,
Jim Roling and Ray Trenkamp.

Mrs. McDonald  was born MArch  17, 1896, in  Welton, Iowa, to  Tom and
Mary Kingsley Lawlor. On Oct 6, 1931, she married Thomas McDonald. The
couple farmed near  Preston. She was a member  of St. Joseph's Church,
Rosary Society and Preston American Legion Auxiliary.

Survivors  include her  hsuband; three  daughters, Mrs.  Gerald (Mary)
Schmidt of Preston, Mrs. James  (Betty) Grindley of Grandview, Mo. and
Teresa L.   McDonald of Iowa  City; four grandchildren; and  a sister,
Angela Dolan of Clearwater, Fla.

She was preceded in death by three bothers and two sisters.

Preston Times
Aug. 4, 1982
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			  Thomas J. McDonald

Thomas J. McDonald, 95, of Rural Preston, died Sat., Sept. 3 in Mercy
Hosptial, Clinton.  Services were held Tues. in St. Joseph's Catholic
Church, Sugar Creek with the Rev. Ed Botkin officiating.  Burial was
in the church cemetery with the Preston American Legion conducting
military graveside services.

Mr. McDonald was born May 21, 1893 in Deep Creek Township, Clinton, to
Thomas and Anna Burke McDonald. He married Elizabeth Mary Lawlor,
Oct. 6, 1931.  She died in 1982.

He farmed until 1982. He was a member of the St. Joseph's Catholic
Church, Sugar Creek, a World War I army veteran, Charter member of
Preston American Legion and a former treasurer.

He is survived by three daughters, Mrs. Mary Schmidt, Preston,
Mrs. Eddy (Elizabeth) Griendly, of Grandview, Mo., Theresa McDonald,
Iowa City; and four grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by his wife, one brother and two sisters.

Preston Times
14 Sep 1988
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