Surname : Donahue

Given name : Matilda M.

ID # : Not sure if related.

Current date : 29 September 1988

Location of Source : Patrick J. Henry

Date of record : Unknown

Source : newspaper clipping (obituary)

Mrs. Matilda M. Zagst

Mrs. Matilda M. Zagst, a resident of Limestone township, died at her home Friday afternoon, August 26, 1932, at four o’clock. Her death was due to diabetes. She was born Feb. 22, 1880, and was, therefore, at the time of her death 52 years, 6 months, and 4 days old.

Mrs. Zagst was the daughter of John and Susanna (Bridge) Donahue. She was united in marriage to Bernard Zagst June 12, 1901, by Rev. Father Patrick Dwyer in the St. Nicholas church, Crates, Pa. Eleven children were born to bless their union, eight daughters and three sons. Four daughters, Ethel, Agnes, Mary and an infant preceded the mother in death, leaving the father and the following named children to mourn their loss: Mrs. Rachel Beichner and Mrs. Margaret Niederriter, Fryburg, Pa.; Lewis, Longview, Texas; Rose. John, Stephan and Florence, at home. To them the sympathy of the entire community is extended. She is also survived by five grandchildren and the following brothers and sisters: Bernard Donahue, Tarentum, Pa.; William Donahue, Mechanicsville, Pa.; Milo Donahue, Sarver, Pa.; Mrs. George Mauthe, Toledo, O.; Mrs. W. P. Dechant and Mrs. Ida Schrecengost, Clarion, Pa.

Mrs. Zagst was a communicant of St. Nicholas church, Crates, Pa., sincere in her creed and faithful in the discharge of her religious duties. Her life was a fine object lesson in the virtues of the religion she so faithfully yet quietly cherished, and in whose consolation she died. She had a lovable and charitable disposition and was esteemed in the neighborhood in which she lived. She was a member of the Limestone Grange.

Funeral services were held in the St. Nicholas church, Crates, Pa., Tuesday morning at 9:00 o’clock at which time a high mass of requiem was celebrated by her pastor, Rev. Father R. L. Simendinger. Following the services the mortal remains were laid to rest in the St. Nicholas cemetery under the direction of H. C. Faller of Fryburg, Pa.