Emmett O'Donnell, 77, of 86 Seventy-second St., Brooklyn, who retired in 1953 after fifty-one years of service in the public school system, died Wednesday of last week, in Maimonides Hospital, Brooklyn, after a long illness. He was the father of Gen. Emmett O'Donnell, Jr., commander in chief of the Pacific Air Forces.
Mr. O'Donnell had served as chairman of the English department at Manual Training High School in Brooklyn and principal of its annex. He also had been principal of the Bay Ridge Evening High School.
He received his A.B. degree from St. Francis College in Brooklyn, and an M.A. degree from New York University. He joined the city school system in 1902.
Surviving besides the general are two daughters, Mrs. Helen Arnold and Mrs. Vera Paradine; a sister, Miss Mayme O'Donnell, and six grandsons.
The Solemn Requiem Mass was offered Saturday in Our Lady of Angels Church, Brooklyn.
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O'Donnell family
Published in The Tablet Brooklyn, New York Saturday February 27, 1960.
Mr. O'Donnell had served as chairman of the English department at Manual Training High School in Brooklyn and principal of its annex. He also had been principal of the Bay Ridge Evening High School.
He received his A.B. degree from St. Francis College in Brooklyn, and an M.A. degree from New York University. He joined the city school system in 1902.
Surviving besides the general are two daughters, Mrs. Helen Arnold and Mrs. Vera Paradine; a sister, Miss Mayme O'Donnell, and six grandsons.
The Solemn Requiem Mass was offered Saturday in Our Lady of Angels Church, Brooklyn.
Courtesy
O'Donnell family
Published in The Tablet Brooklyn, New York Saturday February 27, 1960.
Emmett O'Donnell, 77, of 86 Seventy-second St., Brooklyn, who retired in 1953 after fifty-one years of service in the public school system, died Wednesday of last week, in Maimonides Hospital, Brooklyn, after a long illness. He was the father of Gen. Emmett O'Donnell, Jr., commander in chief of the Pacific Air Forces.
Mr. O'Donnell had served as chairman of the English department at Manual Training High School in Brooklyn and principal of its annex. He also had been principal of the Bay Ridge Evening High School.
He received his A.B. degree from St. Francis College in Brooklyn, and an M.A. degree from New York University. He joined the city school system in 1902.
Surviving besides the general are two daughters, Mrs. Helen Arnold and Mrs. Vera Paradine; a sister, Miss Mayme O'Donnell, and six grandsons.
The Solemn Requiem Mass was offered Saturday in Our Lady of Angels Church, Brooklyn.
Courtesy
O'Donnell family
Published in The Tablet Brooklyn, New York Saturday February 27, 1960.
Mr. O'Donnell had served as chairman of the English department at Manual Training High School in Brooklyn and principal of its annex. He also had been principal of the Bay Ridge Evening High School.
He received his A.B. degree from St. Francis College in Brooklyn, and an M.A. degree from New York University. He joined the city school system in 1902.
Surviving besides the general are two daughters, Mrs. Helen Arnold and Mrs. Vera Paradine; a sister, Miss Mayme O'Donnell, and six grandsons.
The Solemn Requiem Mass was offered Saturday in Our Lady of Angels Church, Brooklyn.
Courtesy
O'Donnell family
Published in The Tablet Brooklyn, New York Saturday February 27, 1960.
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