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Charles Calvin Donovan
- Birth
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Woodstock, Shenandoah County, Virginia, USA
- Death
- 29 May 2007 (aged 81)
Orange, Orange County, Virginia, USA
- Burial
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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
- Created by: Be❤Polite
- Added: Sep 22, 2007
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Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/21708411/charles_calvin-donovan: accessed ), memorial page for Charles Calvin Donovan (16 Jun 1925–29 May 2007), Find a Grave Memorial ID 21708411, citing Prospect Hill Cemetery, Front Royal, Warren County, Virginia, USA; Maintained by Be❤Polite (contributor 46938330).
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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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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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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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