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Charles Calvin Donovan

Birth: 16 Jun 1925
Woodstock, Shenandoah County, Virginia, USA
Death: 29 May 2007 (aged 81)
Orange, Orange County, Virginia, USA
Burial: Prospect Hill Cemetery

Front Royal, Warren County, Virginia, USA Show Map GPS-Latitude: 38.9142136, Longitude: -78.19552
Plot: 108A, Sec. H, Grave 1
Memorial ID: 21708411 View Source

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Scott Washington Donovan

1887–1930
Luella Lucinda "Ella" Haun Donovan

1892–1971

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Audrey Louise Sealock Donovan

1928–2015 (m. 1946)

Siblings

Hubert Raymond Donovan

1909–1959
Coye Austin Donovan

1911–1954
Leola Delia Donovan Fuqua

1913–1961
Emily Kathleen Donovan Humphries

1917–1998
Bertha I Donovan

1920–1920
Ernest Donovan

1920–1920
Frank Elwood Donovan Sr

1921–1991
Leonard Scott Donovan Sr

1923–2004
Dorothy Lucinda Donovan Gatliff

1928–2003

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Charles Calvin Donovan, 1925-2007

He was a kind, loving and devoted Husband, Dad and Pop-Pop. He had a double-measure of common sense and the wisdom that he possessed was truly amazing. He was always willing to help a person in need, especially his children, but he knew when to back off and let us experience our own achievements and, if we fell, he was always there to help us back up.

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Charles was the youngest son of Scott and Luella Donovan. Luella was only 38 years old when Scott died from pneumonia, leaving her with 8 children to raise alone. Times were hard and, when she could no longer afford to keep the family home in Edinburg, Va., she moved with her children to nearby Front Royal, to live with her brother, John. Charles was only 4 years old when his dad died.

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Charles and Audrey met when she was 16 and he was 19. From the moment they met, they each knew that there could never be anybody else. They married 2 years later and spent the next 61 years devoted to one another.

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Dad with brother, Frank, ca. 1936. All of Dad's older brothers enlisted or were called to fight during WWII. Dad wanted to go, too, but failed the enlistment physical because of a hearing problem. He was a very patriotic person and we still smile when we remember some of the ways that he showed it. Once, he acquired a German Howitzer military rifle, thinking that it would some day be collectible. It would have been, if he hadn't sanded off the German insignia and replaced it with an American flag emblem.

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When Charles was 15, his Uncle James became sick and had to leave his farm in order to receive medical care, just as it was time to plant crops. Charles spent the entire summer on the farm alone, for the most part, planting, tending to and picking crops. He was proud of this experience and took my mom there after they were married to swim in the pond and recollect stories of the adventure. Next Picture>>>

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Dad and his brother, Leonard, were just a few years apart in age. People said, especially in later years, that they looked enough alike to be twins. One of Uncle Leonard's little grandsons once proclaimed, "Two Pop-Pops!" as he looked from one to the other. Uncle Leonard had a gold tooth and his little grandson would wait for him to smile to see which was his pop-pop. This picture was taken upon Uncle Leonard's return from WWII.

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Dad's eldest sister, Leola, was special to him. When she was stricken with cancer, he visited her every day throughout her entire battle. He felt her loss very deeply.

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Dad and Mom, on their way to the Apple Blossom Festival in Winchester, Va., in 1946.

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Dad, with Ronny and Linda, ca. 1953. He was such a proud daddy.

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This is my dad, holding me, when I was little. I treasure this worn picture because he carried it in his wallet from the time it was taken until he died.

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Our family lived on Oxford Ave., a quiet street in the Del Ray section of Alexandria, Va., for 35 years. The house was over 100 years old when Mom and Dad purchased it and they never stopped working on the house. Dad loved his flower garden in the front yard and his vegetable garden in the back yard and there was a large garage at the back of the property that he puttered in for hours on end. He stayed in there so much, my mom joked that she would have worried if there had been a back door.

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Dad drove a cement mixer for Maloney Concrete in Washington, D.C. and the surrounding suburbs for most of his adult life and was no stranger to hard work. He helped to build the D.C. Metro and, when opportunities arose to work 16 hour shifts, he never passed them up, often working double-shifts for weeks at a time. He used the extra money for his family's needs. His family always came first.

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Dad couldn't carry a tune and was so proud of his son, Ronny's, musical abilities. Ronny performed in restaurants and lounges in the Washington, D.C. area in the 60's and 70's and this picture was taken at the Shamrock, in Georgetown, in 1970.

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Christmas, 1978, my parents gave my son, "Chip," a rockinghorse and the look on his face makes it apparent that this was one of his most favorite gifts ever. Chip is named for his grandfather.

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Dad, with granddaughter, Robyn, in 1975. He was the greatest Pop-Pop.

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Charles and Audrey were sealed at the Washington, DC, LDS Temple in 1987.

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Surprise 50th Anniversary Celebration, September 28, 1996, Charlottesville, Va.

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