In Memory

Roger L Donahue

ROGER LEE DONAHUE Roger Lee Donahue, 57, of Troy, Ohio, went to be with the Lord Saturday, December 2, 2000, at 3:30 p.m. in Adena Regional Medical Center following an apparent heart attack. He was born February 24, 1943, in Chillicothe to Coleman A. and Helen Dennewitz Donahue. On July 6, 1968, he married Nancy Jo Diller, who survives. Also surviving are his mother, Helen Donahue, Chillicothe; daughters, Michelle Renae Anderson, London, Ohio, and Stephanie Kay Donahue, Troy; grandson, Joel Nathaniel Donahue, Troy; brother and sister-in-law, Ronald Coleman (Janet) Donahue, Chillicothe; sisters and brothers-in-law, Karen (Jack) Edler, Kingston, Ohio, and Maria (Harty) Wallingford, Peebles, Ohio; mother-in-law, Lillian G. Diller, Minford, Ohio; sisters-in-law and brothers-in-law, Norma and Maurice Smith, Chillicothe, Joan and Terry Mahley, McArthur, Vickie McGinnis, Portsmouth, and Jim and Margaret Diller, Grand Ledge, Mich.; several nieces, nephews and cousins including special nephew and hunting buddy R.J. Donahue, Chillicothe. He was predeceased by his father. Mr. Donahue was Senior Quality Engineer with the Copeland Corporation in Sidney, Ohio. He formerly was a Quality Control Manager with Wear-Ever Corporation for 27 years. He was one of the founders of the Ross County Primitive Weapons Club. Mr. Donahue was also an avid hunter, fisherman and collector of antique fly rods and fishing lures, and a U.S. Air Force Veteran of the Vietnam Era. Funeral services will be held Wednesday, December 6, 2000, at 1 p.m. at the Haller Funeral Home with Rev. John Nunley officiating. Burial will follow in Floral Hills Memory Garden. Friends may call Tuesday from 5-8 p.m. at Hallers.