Carlyn (VanOrman) Donahue |
| Posted 2009-05-13 by Arizona Newspapers |
| Memorial services for former Hayden-Winkelman schoolteacher and long-time Copper Basin area resident Carlyn Donahue, who passed away Sept. 29, will be held at 1 p.m., Saturday, Oct. 13, at Bring’s Broadway, 6910 E. Broadway, in Tucson. Carlyn was born May 21, 1910 in Bradford, Pennsylvania to Carl & Edith VanOrman (Stroup). She had one sister, Anida, and one brother, James. She graduated from high school in Pennsylvania before the family moved to Texas where she attended and graduated from Sal Ross College with a teaching degree. She later received her Masters degree in Education from Arizona State University. She married Bascom Moore and two sons were born of the marriage before she was widowed in 1945. Carl, who was born March 14, 1937, passed away in November of 1994. Her second son, Larry, was born in 1940 and passed away in February of 1975. After she was widowed she moved to Arizona and taught school in Gilbert and in Punkin Center before beginning her many years of teaching in the Hayden-Winkelman Schools. She retired from Hayden-Winkelman Schools in 1974. She married Fred Donahue sometime in the 50s and lived at Hayden Junction until he retired from the railroad and they moved to Oracle. In 1982 the couple moved to Reno, Nevada where her oldest son was living at the time. She became widowed for the second time in October of that same year. In August of this year, when she could no longer live alone, her great-nieces, Colleen Plemmons and Bobbi Jo, traveled to Reno to help move Carlyn back to Arizona while another niece, Sharon Weire, located a home for her in Tucson close to family members. Carlyn was a longtime member of the Pythian Sisters and was very active in every lodge she attended. She had served as Grand Chief for both Arizona and Nevada. Local members will pay tribute to her during the memorial services. She loved to bowl and did so until June of this year when she became too ill to bowl anymore and she faithfully attended. She served the Lord at the Emmanuel Baptist Church in Reno. Six grandchildren and many great-grandchildren, nieces and nephews survive. Published 10/11/01 |
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