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- Alpena Argus Pioneer
Wednesday April 23, 1913
Page six
BABE FINDS MOTHER DEAD, HUSBAND CALLED FROM WORK TO HER CORPSE
Mrs. Albert McDonnell, aged 44 years was found dead at her home 112 W. Mirre Street by her little daughter Alberta aged 5 years late Friday afternoon. Mrs. McDonnell was found near a wash tub, where she was working, when she was taken ill. Coroner's Small and Cameron were called and they deemed an inquest unnecessary. Heart disease was given as the cause of death.
Mother would not speak.
How long Mrs. McDonnell was lying on the floor is not known. Alberta, the youngest child, was playing in the yard. She went in the house for lunch and found her mother on the floor dead. Rushing out, the little tot told Mrs. H. H. Prince, a neighbor, to come over as her mother was lying on the floor and would not speak to her.
Mrs. Prince immediately notified the coroners. Mrs. McDonell seemed to be in excellent health and was well when her daughter, Miss Lois McDonell, went to her work at the J.W. Gavagan Confectionery store. Her husband, Albert McDonell, is a trusted employee of the Alpena Motor Car Company. Neither, Mr. McDonell or his daughter knew of the death until they were notified by telephone.
Leaves Large Family
Mrs. McDonell is survived by her husband, two sons, Walter of Detroit and Henry of Alpena; three daughters the Misses Lois, Elenor and Alberta, her mother, Mrs. Thos. McKay of Ninth Street, two sisters Mrs. Arthur Derby of Alpena and Mrs. James Collins of Cheboygan, one brother, Joseph W. Stafford of Calumet. There is also one stepdaughter, Mrs. Maud Oates of Onaway.
The funeral will be held from the family home, Monday afternoon at 1:30 o'clock, and from the Methodist Episcopal Church at 2 o'clock. Rev. James Pascoe officiating. Her son Walter is expected to arrive in the morning, and her brother J.W. Stafford will arrive this evening. Mrs. McDonell was an active member of the Methodist church and a member of the Alpena hive Macabees.
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1870 - 1913 (43 years)
