Marguerite Donlan

Marguerite P. Donlan WILLIAMSBURG - Marguerite P. Donlan, 90, died peacefully Dec. 1, 2008. She was born and raised in North Andover, Mass. Following graduation from Radcliffe College and prior to her marriage, she worked as a librarian at the Harvard Library. In 1942, she married Charles J. Donlan and moved to the Virginia Peninsula where she resided for 26 years, supporting her husband in his aerospace career and raising their two sons. She was involved in church and community activities and was a founding member of Saint Rose of Lima Catholic Church in Hampton. In 1968, she and her husband moved to Alexandria, Va., where they lived until 1998, moving then to Virginia Beach. She had been a resident of Williamsburg for four years, most recently at Patriot's Colony. She was predeceased by her brother, John J. Phelan Jr. and her beloved son, Richard M. Donlan, killed in the Vietnam War in 1969. She is survived by her husband, Charles J. Donlan; her sister, Isabelle M. Phelan; her son, Dr. Charles J. Donlan Jr. and his wife Mary, all of Williamsburg; three grandsons, Richard M. Donlan II and his wife Jessica of Singapore, Charles J. Donlan III of Midway, Utah, and Matthew Laine Donlan and his wife Danby of Charlotte, N.C.; four great-grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews. Friends are encouraged to visit www.mem.com. to share words of condolence with the family. Friends are invited to visit from 3 to 5 p.m. Friday at Parklawn-Wood Funeral Home, 2551 N. Armistead Ave., Hampton, VA 23666. A funeral Mass of Christian burial will be held Saturday at 9 a.m. in St. Bede's Catholic Church, 3686 Ironbound Road, Williamsburg. Interment will be in Parklawn Memorial Park in Hampton.