WARREN, Ernest W. Donham, Jr., 69, died Wednesday morning, September 10, 2003, at St. Joseph Health Center, Warren. He was born October 28, 1933, in Canton, OH, a son of Ernest W. and Helen Stewart Donham, Sr. and was a life long area resident.

Mr. Donham was a mechanic and driver for MAC Trucks in Parkersburgh, West Virginia, retiring in 1973. He was a United States Navy veteran.

His wife, the former Kay Taggert, whom he married June 13, 1968, died December 9, 1976. He leaves seven sons, Robert and John Michael, of Windham, OH, David, of Cincinnati, Ron Bartlett, of South Carolina, Jeff Bartlett, of California, Randall Bartlett of Vienna, WV, and Barry Bartlett, of Cleveland; four daughters, Patricia Donham, of Niles, Janet Nannaroni, of Aurora, OH, Kelly Donham, of Masury, and Cindy Dailey, of Parkersburgh, WV; two brothers, Melvin, of Paris, OH and James, of Alliance, OH; two sisters, LaDona Gbur, of Lowellville, OH, and Bea Ross, of Alliance, OH; thirty-three grandchildren and twenty-four great grandchildren.

His parents, two sons, Ernest E. Donham, Sr. and Allen Bartlett, one brother, John Donham, two sisters, Patricia McMahon and Karen Beckett and four grandchildren preceded him in death.

Funeral services will be held 11:00 AM Saturday at the Kelley-Robb Funeral Home, Hubbard.

Friends may call at the funeral home on Friday from 5:00 to 8:00 PM.

To view this obituary and to send condolences to the family, please visit www.kelley-robb.com.

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