Chaplain

Richard P Donahue

2/3/1944—12/14/2024

It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Richard P. Donahue on Saturday, December 14,

2024 at the age of 80. He was the beloved husband of Donna (Galante) Donahue.

Dick was born on February 3, 1944 in Brockton and was the son of the late Lawrence G. Donahue and Anne

A. (Paulin) Donahue. Raised in Brockton he graduated from Brockton High School in 1962 and enlisted in the

Army shortly after, serving proudly during the Vietnam War. Dick was a crew chief with Co. A, 502nd Avia￾tion Battalion, Helicopter Division and received 12 Air Medals during his distinguished military career.

Dick served as a Firefighter for the City of Brockton for 29 years before retiring. He loved being a Firefighter

and met many lifelong friends during his service to the city. There was so much more to Dick than being a

husband, a dad, a papa, a brother and an uncle, he was a great friend, coworker, biker, golfer, skier, garden￾er, master carpenter, the list goes on and on.

Dick met the love of his life Donna when they were 16 years old and married in 1965. Together they built a

beautiful life and family. They traveled many places with their Firefighter families, visiting old Vietnam Veter￾an friends, vacationing with family and wintering in Lido Key, Florida. Most of all Dick enjoyed spending time

with his family and he loved them very much.

He is survived by his wife, Donna (Galante) Donahue, his children, Kathleen Keating and her husband Tom,

Kristine Barbati and her husband Jim and Richard Donahue, Jr. and his longtime partner Janice Quevillon. He

was a loving Papa to Mack Keating, Karlie Keating, Jake Barbati, Jenna Barbati, James Barbati, Chloe Quevil￾lon and Reese Quevillon. They brought him so much joy and happiness. He is also survived by many nieces

and nephews whom he had a very close relationship with. He was preceded in death by his parents Law￾rence and Anne Donahue, his brothers Lawrence Donahue Jr., John Donahue, George Donahue and his sister

Mary (Donahue) Hayden.

Following cremation a Celebration of Life and Memorial Service will be held at the Russell & Pica Funeral

Home, 441 South Main St., (Rt. 28) West Bridgewater on Saturday, January 4th from 12:00pm-2:00pm fol￾lowed by a funeral service in the funeral home at 2:00pm. There will be a private family burial at a later date.

In lieu of flowers, the family asks that you make a donation to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, 501 St

Jude Place, Memphis, TN 38105 http://stjude.org

Virginia Smith Hess

Mrs. Martha Virginia (Smith) Hess, wife, mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother, age 82, of Ozark,

Alabama, passed away Wednesday, August 14, 2024, in Ozark Health and Rehabilitation Center where she

had been living for the last five years. She left this world peacefully with her family members beside her for

her last breath on this earth. Funeral services for Mrs. Hess will be 3:00 P.M. Monday, August 19, 2024, in the

Chapel of Holman Funeral Home in Ozark with Reverend Dr. Jason Thrower and Chaplain Major Raymond

Moncrief (United State Air Force, Retired) officiating. Interment will follow in Westview Memorial Cemetery,

Holman Funeral Home of Ozark directing. The family will receive friends at the funeral home in Ozark Sun￾day from 2:00 P.M. until 4:00 P. M. Pallbearers will be Charles B. Hess, Brandon T. Moncrief, Jean A. Lati￾mer, Judson A. Blackmon, M. Stacy Grizzard, and Chaplain Major Raymond Moncrief (United State Air

Force, Retired). Mrs. Hess was born in Birmingham, Alabama on January 23, 1942 to John Bernard Smith, Sr.

and Sara Frances Kizziah Smith. She was raised in Coaling, Alabama with her two siblings, Bernadine and

John Bernard, Jr. “JB”. She was a 1959 graduate of Brookwood High School and held several positions as

school leader over the years including Class Song Leader, Secretary-Treasurer Student Counsel, Vice Presi￾dent, President, Glee Club President, Beta Club, Honor Society, Assistant Editor of the “Pantheon”, Youth

Leadership Representative, Pep Squad, Senior High “Who’s Who” and Citizenship Girl. She went on to attend

the University of Alabama where she graduated in 1963 with a degree in Social Work. She came to Ozark, Al￾abama to be the organist/secretary at Ozark Baptist Church where she met her future husband, Carl Leopold

Hess. He was going through flight school at Ft. Rucker, Alabama and was attending Ozark Baptist at the time.

They dated for one week and married at Coaling Baptist Church in Coaling, Alabama November 2, 1963. To￾gether they had two children, Jennifer Lee Hess Blackmon of Ozark, Alabama and Charles Bernard Hess of

Puerto Vallarta, Mexico. While living the Army wife life, she was able to travel outside of the state of Ala￾bama, to include being stationed in Ft. Benning, Georgia, Ft. Rucker, Alabama, Ft. Hood, Texas, Ft. Belvoir,

Virginia, Ft. Sill, Oklahoma, Omaha, Nebraska and Quarry Heights, Panama Canal Zone. She was the church

secretary at most of the places her family resided and was very active with the military wives during those

times. She enjoyed playing softball, tennis and swimming. Mrs. Hess enjoyed reading before she became too

blind and then she enjoyed her husband reading to her. She was a Sunday School Teacher and Children’s Di￾rector through the years along with going on Youth trips as a chaperone and a Mission trip to South Africa to

teach VBS. She was able to visit several South American and Central American countries while being sta￾tioned in Panama and enjoyed entertaining the Missionaries traveling through on furlough back to the United

States. When her husband retired from the Army in 1982 and she moved back to Ozark she obtained her real

estate license and sold real estate for several years and later became her son’s Office Manager for his law of￾fice in Ozark. She and Carl enjoyed spending time at the beach, traveling, and spending time with her grand￾children. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her brother, John Bernard “JB” Smith, Jr.,

and her brother-in-law, James A. Roberts. Survivors include her loving and faithful husband, Carl Leopold

Hess; her daughter, Jennifer Hess Blackmon; and her son, Charles Bernard Hess. She is also survived by her

sister, Bernadine Smith Roberts of Coaling, Alabama and her sister-in-law, Wanda Phillips Smith of Collins￾ville, Mississippi. She has three grandchildren, Emily Moncrief Latimer (Jean) of Palmetto, Florida, Brandon

Tyler Moncrief (Anna) of Wicksburg, Alabama and Judson Andrew Blackmon of Ozark, Alabama. She has

two great grandsons, Denver Alexander Latimer and Brandon “Adler” Moncrief. She is also survived by nieces

and nephews as well as great nieces and nephews. In Lieu of flowers or plants, the family is asking that dona￾tions be made to the First United Methodist Church, 167 East Broad Street, Ozark, Alabama 36360.

(Note from Carl.) “We lived in the Harmony Church trailer park, Ft. Benning and Virginia played the organ

for three services at two chapels (Artillery Chapel/Harmony Church) almost every Sunday so many folks may

remember her at church and listening to her play.”

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