Donovan Clifford ⁹ BIGELOW

Riverside Cemetery; Payette, Payette Co., IA

1555E.4531 Donovan Clifford ⁹ BIGELOW, son of Charles Burton ⁸ ( Samuel Smith ⁷ , Stephen Van Rensselaer ⁶ , Samuel ⁵, Abraham ⁴, Thomas ³, Samuel ², John ¹) and Mable Martha (McKean) BIGELOW, was born 03 February 1907 Gilmore City, Humboldt County, Iowa. He married first 02 Dec 1925 Helen Maxine Jensen. She was born 30 Nov 1905 West Branch, Cedar County, the dau of Hans Miller and Anni Marie (Lorensen) Jensen. It appears Donovan and Helen were divorced after three sons. She died 02 March 1954 (aged 48) Eugene, Lane County, Oregon, with a married name Helen Maxine Hellie (see below) as she married second Alvin Scott Hellie. Donovan married second 12 January 1948 Maude Adell (Allen) Horn, born 04 Mar 1899 Boone County, Nebraska, the dau of Bert Wallace and Jennie Myrtle (Brown) Allen. This was her second marriage as well. She had married Elva LeRoy "Roy" Horn in Boone County, Nebraska in March 1917, and had five children before Roy died 03 Oct 1945 (aged 62) Fruitland, Payette County, Idaho.
Maude died 18 Jan 1993 (aged 93) Payette, Payette County, Idaho, and buried with Roy Horn In Payette. Donovan died 31 May 1965 (aged 58) Boise, Ada County, Idaho; Donovan was also first husband of Esther Elenore Dasenbrock, b. 02 Apr 1915 in Prairie Home, NE and died 10 Jan 1985 in Multnomah, OR.

Children of Donovan Clifford and Helen Maxine (Jensen) Bigelow:

1555E.45311 Darrell Burton Bigelow, b 26 Jan 1927 Humboldt county, Iowa; d 02 Feb 1977 Chicago, Cook, Illinois

1555E.45312 Eugene Howard Bigelow, b 06 Jun 1929 Idaho; d 14 Jun 2000 Modesto, Stanislaus County, CA; m Alice Dolores Sullivan, b 11 Mar 1931 Helena , MT; d 19 Nov 2012 California (see below)

1555E.45313 Eldon Clifford Bigelow, b 31 May 1931 Payette county, Idaho; d 21 Sep 2003 Quartzsite, La Paz, AZ

1555E.45314 Donovan Michael Bigelow, b 11 Mar 1938 Ontario, Malheur, Oregon d 25 Mar 2012 (bur California); m Juanita ____ ;

Sources:
Bigelow Society,The Bigelow Family Genealogy, Vol II, pg ;
Howe, Bigelow Family of America;
Bigelow Society,The Bigelow Family Genealogy, Vol I pg 258;;
correspondence with family descendants.
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Helen M. Hellie

Gene and Alice Bigelow

Alice Obituary
The Modesto Bee
Tuesday
November 27, 2012
     Alice Dolores Bigelow, of Riverbank, passed away on the morning of November 19th after an increasingly exhausting fight with Alzheimer's disease. Born in Helena, Montana to Lawrence and Minnie Sullivan, Alice was raised in Springfield, Oregon and graduated from St. Mary's Catholic School in 1949.
     In 1954 she married the love of her life, Gene Bigelow, and spent forty-six blessed years with her soul mate before his passing in June of 2000.
     She was a loving and caring person, touching the lives of everyone who knew her. Always placing the needs of others before her own, Alice was a steward in the truest sense of the word. She was an active member of St. Joseph's Catholic Church in Modesto for thirty-five years and, most recently, a member of St. Frances of Rome in Riverbank.
She will be dearly missed, but forever remembered as an angel to all who knew her. She is at rest, reunited with her soul mate. Finally, Home.
     Alice is survived by her daughter, Debbie (Bill) Koenig of Newbury Park, California; son, Jeff (Donna) Bigelow of Riverbank; her puppy, baby Emma; grandsons, Kyle, Kevin and Brian Koenig of Newbury Park, California, Christopher (Vivian) Bigelow of Brighton, Massachusetts and Cory Bigelow of Fort Lewis, Washington, currently serving in Afghanistan. She is also survived by her sister, Pat (Bud) Peterson of Port Townsend, Washington; brothers, Eugene (Tootie) Sullivan of Cornelius, Oregon and Bob (Deana) Sullivan of Brookings, Oregon; and sister, Sandy (Jim) Brandenburg of Modesto, California.
     Alice is preceded in death by her parents, Lawrence and Minnie Sullivan, her beloved husband, Gene Bigelow, and brother's Andy, Larry and John Sullivan.
     A funeral mass will be held Thursday, November 29th at 11:00am at St. Frances of Rome Catholic Church in Riverbank, California, reception immediately following.
Burial will be at San Joaquin National Cemetery on Friday, November 30th at 10:00am.

Rod Bigelow (Roger Jon¹² BIGELOW)

Box 13 Chazy Lake
Dannemora, N.Y. 12929

rodbigelow@netzero.net

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