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Bernard Haley "Doc" Donlon

Bernard Donlon Obituary

DONLON, Bernard Haley "Doc"Age 91. Nashville. April 19, 2009. Preceded in death by parents, John A. and Ella Donlon; sister, Martha Fitzpatrick; brothers, Jack Donlon and Chile Donlon. Survived by wife, Joanne Cordell Donlon; brother, William E. Donlon; children, Ellen Donlon, Bernard Haley (Buzz) Donlon, Jr., John C. Donlon, Joan Donlon Lorber (Sam), and grandchildren, Emily, Meredith, and Jake Lorber; 15 nieces and nephews. Mr. Donlon was a U. S. Army veteran of World War II, serving in Okinawa and the Philippines. He was a communicant of St. Edward Catholic Church and was retired from the Tennessee Department of Employment Security. He was a 1936 graduate of Father Ryan High School. Pallbearers: Pat Donlon, Bill Donlon, Mark Donlon of Nashville, Bill Donlon of Memphis, Bobby Hailey, and Milton Bunch. Memorials may be made to St. Edward School or Father Ryan High School. Funeral Mass will be celebrated at 10 a.m. Tuesday, April 21 at St. Edward Catholic Church, with Reverend Joseph P. Breen, Celebrant. Visitation will be from 3-7 p.m. Monday April 20, 2009 at MARSHALL-DONNELLY-COMBS, (615)327-1111.

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Published by The Tennessean on Apr. 20, 2009.

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Buzz Donlon

April 21, 2009

Don and Barbara, Thank you for being a friend to my father. Doc talked of you and the Employment Security family until the end of his life, which was so much richer because of people like you and the work you accomplished together.

I knew you guys long before we ever met!

Buzz

P.S. Don, my IPod is full of your blues tunes. Every time I download another one I think of you. thanks again.

April 20, 2009

I, too, started work in Mr. Donlon's unit in 1980, and I am "still at it" 28 years later. He was always willing to help me, and he helped me to learn much about the work I continue to do. Doc, you will be missed...Don Crow.

Barbara D'Amore

April 20, 2009

I first started working for Mr. Donlon almost 40 years ago and he taught me everything he had to share about Unemployment Insurance. My journey first started with him and now 40 years later I am still working with the US Department of Labor in Boston, MA. I loved "Mr. D" as we called him and I am so thankful for having known him. My thoughts and prayers are with your family during this time and somehow I just bet he will still be giving good advice in heaven! I will always remember him! With sympathy, Barbara Bradley D'Amore

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