Michael E. Donlon, who had been the youngest of the Wilmington area's four surviving veterans of the Spanish-American War and the Philippine Insurrection, died Friday at Daybreak Lodge. He was 86.
Mr. Donlon was 14 when he enlisted in the Navy in 1900 and was assigned to the battleship USS Texas.
A native of Wilmington, Mr. Donlon was a friend and classmate of George Paul Farrell, for whom the Delaware Spanish-American Veterans camp is named. Farrell was killed in China's Boxer Rebellion of 1900.
The three surviving veterans are Clarence Wright, 95, of Gordon Heights; Leander (Lee) Saunders, 89, of 431 South Union St., and Robert J. Cross, 92, now of Lebanon, Pa.
Mr. Donlon lived at 2 Yale Road, Latimer Estates, before moving to Daybreak Lodge where he died after a long illness.
He retired 20 years ago after 25 years as a car builder for the Pullman Co.
Mr. Donlon's wife, the former Jane Ford, died in 1969.
He was a member of St. Elizabeth's Catholic Church and was a past commander of the George P. Farrell Camp 1.
Mr. Donlon is survived by two sons, Joseph of Newark and William of New York City; a daughter, Mrs. Jeanette Kraus of Cleland Heights; six grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren.
Mass of Resurection will be offered tomorrow morning at 9:30 at St. Elizabeth's Catholic Church, 809 S. Broom St. Friends may call at Mealey Funeral Home, 703 Broom St., after 7 tonight. Interment will be in Cathedral Cemetery.
((The Morning News, 8 November 1971 (Monday), page 38))
Mr. Donlon was 14 when he enlisted in the Navy in 1900 and was assigned to the battleship USS Texas.
A native of Wilmington, Mr. Donlon was a friend and classmate of George Paul Farrell, for whom the Delaware Spanish-American Veterans camp is named. Farrell was killed in China's Boxer Rebellion of 1900.
The three surviving veterans are Clarence Wright, 95, of Gordon Heights; Leander (Lee) Saunders, 89, of 431 South Union St., and Robert J. Cross, 92, now of Lebanon, Pa.
Mr. Donlon lived at 2 Yale Road, Latimer Estates, before moving to Daybreak Lodge where he died after a long illness.
He retired 20 years ago after 25 years as a car builder for the Pullman Co.
Mr. Donlon's wife, the former Jane Ford, died in 1969.
He was a member of St. Elizabeth's Catholic Church and was a past commander of the George P. Farrell Camp 1.
Mr. Donlon is survived by two sons, Joseph of Newark and William of New York City; a daughter, Mrs. Jeanette Kraus of Cleland Heights; six grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren.
Mass of Resurection will be offered tomorrow morning at 9:30 at St. Elizabeth's Catholic Church, 809 S. Broom St. Friends may call at Mealey Funeral Home, 703 Broom St., after 7 tonight. Interment will be in Cathedral Cemetery.
((The Morning News, 8 November 1971 (Monday), page 38))
Michael E. Donlon, who had been the youngest of the Wilmington area's four surviving veterans of the Spanish-American War and the Philippine Insurrection, died Friday at Daybreak Lodge. He was 86.
Mr. Donlon was 14 when he enlisted in the Navy in 1900 and was assigned to the battleship USS Texas.
A native of Wilmington, Mr. Donlon was a friend and classmate of George Paul Farrell, for whom the Delaware Spanish-American Veterans camp is named. Farrell was killed in China's Boxer Rebellion of 1900.
The three surviving veterans are Clarence Wright, 95, of Gordon Heights; Leander (Lee) Saunders, 89, of 431 South Union St., and Robert J. Cross, 92, now of Lebanon, Pa.
Mr. Donlon lived at 2 Yale Road, Latimer Estates, before moving to Daybreak Lodge where he died after a long illness.
He retired 20 years ago after 25 years as a car builder for the Pullman Co.
Mr. Donlon's wife, the former Jane Ford, died in 1969.
He was a member of St. Elizabeth's Catholic Church and was a past commander of the George P. Farrell Camp 1.
Mr. Donlon is survived by two sons, Joseph of Newark and William of New York City; a daughter, Mrs. Jeanette Kraus of Cleland Heights; six grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren.
Mass of Resurection will be offered tomorrow morning at 9:30 at St. Elizabeth's Catholic Church, 809 S. Broom St. Friends may call at Mealey Funeral Home, 703 Broom St., after 7 tonight. Interment will be in Cathedral Cemetery.
((The Morning News, 8 November 1971 (Monday), page 38))
Mr. Donlon was 14 when he enlisted in the Navy in 1900 and was assigned to the battleship USS Texas.
A native of Wilmington, Mr. Donlon was a friend and classmate of George Paul Farrell, for whom the Delaware Spanish-American Veterans camp is named. Farrell was killed in China's Boxer Rebellion of 1900.
The three surviving veterans are Clarence Wright, 95, of Gordon Heights; Leander (Lee) Saunders, 89, of 431 South Union St., and Robert J. Cross, 92, now of Lebanon, Pa.
Mr. Donlon lived at 2 Yale Road, Latimer Estates, before moving to Daybreak Lodge where he died after a long illness.
He retired 20 years ago after 25 years as a car builder for the Pullman Co.
Mr. Donlon's wife, the former Jane Ford, died in 1969.
He was a member of St. Elizabeth's Catholic Church and was a past commander of the George P. Farrell Camp 1.
Mr. Donlon is survived by two sons, Joseph of Newark and William of New York City; a daughter, Mrs. Jeanette Kraus of Cleland Heights; six grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren.
Mass of Resurection will be offered tomorrow morning at 9:30 at St. Elizabeth's Catholic Church, 809 S. Broom St. Friends may call at Mealey Funeral Home, 703 Broom St., after 7 tonight. Interment will be in Cathedral Cemetery.
((The Morning News, 8 November 1971 (Monday), page 38))
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