E. Gaynell McDonald
E. Gaynell McDonald, 88, 1200 E.
Seventh, child care provider, died Monday (March 15, 1999) at Newton
Presbyterian Manor.
She was born May 31, 1910, in Neodesha
to Lyman M. and Grace (Michaell) Greer. She married Clarence O.
McDonald April 30, 1930, in Bartlesville, Okla. He preceded her in
death Dec. 26, 1977.
She was a member of First Christian
Church in Newton. She managed THE nursery at First United Methodist
Church for many years. She was known as "Grandma Mac" in
the Newton and surrounding area.
Survivors include: three sons, Jack
McDonald of Rochester, Minn., Dan McDonald of Manhattan and David
McDonald of Derby; one daughter, Darlene Caine of Wichita; four
brothers, John J. Greer and William A. Greer, both of Neodesha, Jack
Greer of Chanute, and Edwin Greer of Thayer; three sisters, Ethel
Bodenhammer of Oxnard, Calif., and Grace Ellen McGouldric and Colleen
Chambers, both of Harrison, Ark.; 10 grandchildren; and seven
great-grandchildren. She also was preceded in death by one son,
William Eugene; three brothers and one sister.
Funeral services will be at 2 p.m.
Thursday at Broadway Colonial Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev.
MyCherie Zimmerman of First Christian Church officiating. Burial will
be in the Greenwood Cemetery.
Friends may call from 5 to 9 p.m.
today, 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Wednesday and until service time on Thursday
at Broadway Colonial Funeral Home.
Memorials have been established with
Apple -A-Day nursery at the Presbyterian Manor in care of the funeral
home.
