Corrie C (Criswell) Donald

Corrie Donald passed away on November 27, 2015 at Cardinal Nursing Home. She was 86 years young.

Corrie Donald was born August 18, 1929 in Plumerville, Arkansas to the union of the late Estras Conners and Fred Criswell and a cherished step-father, Thomas Connors. She married Ocola (Nick) Donald and together   they had two children: Betty Elaine Donald and Bryant O. Donald who along with Nick Donald, preceded her in death.  She has two surviving sisters, Mable Spriggs and Geneva Criswell.  Her sister, Sarah Austin, also preceded her.

Corrie worked for many years at the Central Overall Supply Company in Detroit, Michigan. After living in Detroit for over 60 years, she left a host of family and friends, and moved to South Bend, Indiana and served as a school assistant at Marquette Elementary School before retiring.

She was a 20 year member of Pilgrim Baptist Church. She was also a member of the Democratic Women’s Club until she was unable to participate in 2014.

She leaves to cherish her memory two grandchildren: Lance Bennett and Ebony Donald; two great-grandchildren, Armanie and Aiden Donald; and her God-son, Tim Davenport, along with many nieces and nephews.

In Loving Memory of Our Aunt

If tears could build a stairway

And memories were a lane

We would walk right up to Heaven

And bring you back again.

No farewell words were spoken,

No time to say goodbye,

You were gone before we knew it

And only God knows why.

Our hearts still ache in sadness

And secret tears still flow,

What it meant to lose you,

No one will ever know.

Since you’ll never be forgotten,

We pledge to you today,

A hallowed place within our hearts

Is where you’ll always stay.

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