Ralph B. Donaldson

Funeral services for Ralph Donaldson, 66, 535 Fulton St., who died early Wednesday morning at Sacred Heart Hospital after a short illness, will be Saturday at 8:30 a.m. from the Golden Funeral Home and 9 o'clock at St. Patrick's Church. The Rt. Rev. Msgr. J. F. O'Brady will officiate and interment will be in St. Patrick's Cemetery. Mr. Donaldson was employed as construction inspecter by the City of Eau Claire until his retirement several years ago. He was a member of the Holy Name Society.

He is survived by his wife, Josephine M., live daughters, Sister M. Robert, O.S.B., Eau Claire, Sister M. Scholastical, O.S.B., La Crosse, Mrs. John Maloney, Tyler, Tex., Mrs. Nathan Collins, Phoenix, Ariz., and Mrs. James Gannon, Milwaukee; three sons, Capt. Robert Donaldson, U.S. Air Force, Philippine Islands, Ralph P., Phoenix, Ariz, and Thomas, Eau Claire; four sisters, Mrs. Elizabeth Donovan, Whitewater, and Mrs. Charles McElroy, and Mrs. Ruthwin Moen and Miss Theresa Donaldson, all of Eau Claire; one brother, Robert, of Duluth, Minn., and 15 grandchildren.

Friends may call Friday afternoon and evening at the Golden Funeral Home where rosary devotions will be held at 8:30 p.m.

Student body of Regis High School will recite a rosary Friday at 2 p.m. at Golden's.

( The Daily Telegram, Eau Claire, WI, Thursday July 30, 1964)