Occupation: 44 years at Ohio Edison Co.
Buried in New Carlisle Cemetery.
Served 10 years on the bench thru Dec 31, 1970.
Practiced law in Urbana since 1925 - served as Champaign Co. prosecutor from 1927-1930.
Elected to fill unexpired term of Common Pleas Judge Marion B. Owen, who died.
1964 re-elected to 6-yr. term.
Graduated from Urbana H.S., attended Wittenberg Univ., graduated from Ohio State Univ. College of Law in
1926.
(see obit. for further accomplishments)
NOTE: There was a brief second marriage for him to Maryneal McDonald, dau of Ralph McDonald of Cleveland, OH and his late wife, Mary. Maryneal died after a long illness in a Columbus hospital (her obit appeared in the
Urbana, OH paper on 27 Apr 1950 and she is buried in Oakdale Cemetery, Urbana, OH. Apparently, there were no children from this union and Donald remarried his first wife.
At time of her death - Aug. 4, 2004 - she was survived ONLY by the following:
Grandchildren:
Duncan Henderson Gibbs of San Francisco, CA
Elizabeth Chuan Riley, San Lorenzo, CA
John David Evans, California
Great-grandchildren:
Zoe Chuan Riley
Shannon Elizabeth RileyPreceded in death by husband (1971), both children (Marjorie Gibbs Downing & Diane H. Gibbs), and her
parents.
Member of Urbana First Presbyterian Church, where services are to be held Sat., Aug. 7 2004, 11 p.m. with visitation 1 hr. prior. Rev. Kevin Horrigan to officiate.
Burial in Oakdale Cemetery, Urbana, OH.