In The Daily Mining Journal: Mrs. Leo Dushane, 30 Lifelong Resident, Dies Mrs. Leo Dushane, 30 years old, died in St. Mary's hospital Sunday after a two days' illness. She was a lifelong resident of Marquette. Surviving are her husband, a two-day old son, her father and mother, Mr. and Mrs. Antoine Dionne, Sr., of Marquette, and four sisters and six brothers. They are Mrs. Charles Markosky, Mrs. John Dushane and Miss Alice Dionne, of Marquette, Miss Mar- cella Dionne, of Chatham, Ontario, and Henry, Joseph and George, of Marquette, and Edwin, Leonard and Antoine, Jr., of Pontiac. The body will be taken from the Tonella funeral home to the home of her parents, Union and Wilkin- son avenue, today. Funeral arrange- ments will be announced later. Margaret is buried in the Holy Cross Cemetery in Marquette, Michigan. |
| Mary Margaret Dionne 1909-1939 |
| Mary Margaret Dionne was born to Antoine Dionne and Mary Louisa Aldia Chartier on March 19,1909 in Marquette, Michigan. She was one of fifteen children and was known as Margaret or Mugs. Not much is known about her life. It was said that she was very close to her sister Leona. Margaret and Leona married brothers. Margaret married Leo Joseph Dushane on May 19,1934 in Marquette, Michigan. On August 4, 1939, Margaret gave birth to their only child, Leo Joseph Leonard Dushane. She died two days later of complication from childbirth. |