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JoAnn E. Donahue

1930-2016

MINERAL RIDGE — JoAnn Elizabeth Donahue, 86, passed away Monday, Dec. 5, 2016, at Humility House.

JoAnn was born Jan. 1, 1930, in Ohltown, the daughter of Melvin R. and Helen May Keeling Young and lived in Mineral Ridge all of her life.

During WWII, she was a dancer with the USO, entertaining the troops fighting for our freedom. JoAnn retired in 1984 from Packard Electric as an inspector. She was of the Methodist faith and had been a member of the Mineral Ridge Fire Department Ladies Auxiliary.

She leaves three daughters, Sharon K. (Kenneth) Rhodes and Susan R. (Ken) Cameron, both of Mineral Ridge, and Terri L. (Richard) Dando of Austintown; one sister, Sandra L. (Lee) Coates of Stow; seven grandchildren, Angel Cameron, Zac (Jamie) Cameron, Tracy (Jim) Carney, Michael Rhodes, Ryan (Tiffany) Gardner, Ashley (Jason) Lasher and Trevor (Crystal) Hapsic; as well as 14 great-grandchildren.

Besides her parents, JoAnn was preceded in death by an infant daughter, Lynn Donahue; one brother, Melvin “Bud” Young; and one sister, Phyllis Taylor.

Funeral services will be 11 a.m. Saturday at the Lane Family Funeral Home, Mineral Ridge Chapel.

Friends may call from 10 to 11 a.m. at the funeral home.

Family and friends may view this obituary and send condolences at www.lanefuneralhomes.com

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