Doris Pamela "Midge" Donathan

Graveside service for Doris P. "Midge" Donathan, age 86, of Tipton will be at1:00 p.m., Monday, January 24, 2022 at the Fort Sill National Cemetery, 2648 NE Jake Dunn Road, Elgin, Oklahoma.  Inurnment will be under the direction of Jackson Funeral Home of Frederick.  Mrs. Donathan passed away on November 16, 2021 at Jackson County Memorial Hospital in Altus, Oklahoma.

Doris Pamela Donathan was born on August 9, 1935 in Willesden, England to Arthur and Edith Mary (Bloomfield) Thurlow. During World War II, while living in Wellesden, during the blitz, a bomb came through the roof and landed on Midges' bed.  Luckily, Midge was with her mum and dad in the shelter below the house.  She attended school at Oakington Manor until she was 10 years old.  She moved to Wallasey and attended Vaughn Secondary School, where she graduated.  She then went to work at Kardoma Coffee Company until she married Earl Ricardo "Rick" Donathan on July 9, 1955,  and moved to the United States.  She was a member of the British Wives Club and the United Methodist Church in Tipton, Oklahoma.

She is survived by one son, Desmond Donathan of Yukon, Oklahoma; one daughter, Star Miligan and husband Benjie of Tipton, Oklahoma; two sisters, Josephine May Clark of England and Ivy Laura "Bub" Palin of Tipton, Oklahoma; four grandchildren, ,Danielle Provence and husband Corky of Piedmont, Oklahoma; Adam Miligan and wife Kendra of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Evan Miligan of Tipton, Oklahoma and Dustin Donathan of Piedmont, Oklahoma; five great-grandchildren,  Callen, Clayton, Carson & Cashinn Miligan and Jackson Provence.

She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband Rick Donathan in August 2019; and two brothers-in-law, Alfred "Nobby" Clark and Fred Palin.

Memorial contributions may be made to the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation - Alzheimer Research in memory of Midge Donathan.