{"id":73100,"date":"2025-04-05T08:08:56","date_gmt":"2025-04-05T12:08:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/?p=73100"},"modified":"2025-04-05T08:17:32","modified_gmt":"2025-04-05T12:17:32","slug":"macdonald-donald-ian","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/05\/macdonald-donald-ian\/","title":{"rendered":"MACDONALD, Donald \u201cIan\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>October 18,\u00a0 1941 – March 27, 2025<\/em><\/p>\n

Donald \u201cIan\u201d MacDonald, formerly of the 4th<\/sup> of Kenyon, Alexandria, Ontario, died peacefully at the Ottawa Heart Institute on Thursday, March 27, 2025, at the age of 83. Beloved husband of Patricia (n\u00e9e Lowe) MacDonald for over 60 years. Loving father of Scott, Tonya and Tyson (Michelle) MacDonald. Adoring grandfather of Mykelti, Elijah and Ma\u00e9vah St-Louis, and Lachlan and Elle MacDonald. Dear son of the late John Daniel and Christena MacDonald. Dearly missed by brother Allan Joseph (Rosemary) MacDonald and nephew Andrew MacDonald.<\/p>\n

Ian never met a stranger he didn\u2019t consider a friend. He was a unique character with no end of stories and was unafraid to be the centre of attention. He was filled with a generous spirit and shared proudly with his family and community.<\/p>\n

Two Funeral Masses will be held: one in Lanark and one in his childhood hometown, Alexandria.<\/p>\n

Funeral Mass will be held on April 23, 2025, at 11 am at Sacred Heart of Jesus Parish in Lanark, Ontario (88 Princess Street). The family will receive visitors one hour before<\/strong> the Funeral Mass at the church. A reception will be held at Foy Hall across from the church immediately following the Mass.<\/p>\n

Funeral Mass will be held on April 25, 2025, at 11 am at St. Finnan Basilica in Alexandria, Ontario (72 St. Paul Street).\u00a0 The family will receive visitors one hour before<\/strong> the Funeral Mass at the church. Interment will follow the Mass at St. Finnan\u2019s Cemetery. A reception will be held at La Fraternit\u00e9 Alexandria (49 St. Paul Street) immediately following the Mass.<\/p>\n

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to:<\/p>\n

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  1. The Bishop\u2019s House of Glengarry (for protection and promotion of St. Raphael\u2019s history) at https:\/\/bishopshouse.ca<\/li>\n
  2. University of Ottawa Heart Institute https:\/\/foundation.ottawaheart.ca\/give\/<\/li>\n
  3. Sacred Heart of Jesus Parish (Lanark, Ontario), by cheque<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Editor’s Note:<\/strong> Ian and his wife Pat, were proud owners of the Subway in Wawa. Ian was also a valued member of the Rotary Club of Wawa – his donated Subway meatballs graced many plates at the Rotary Spaghetti Dinners. When they retired from Wawa, they left many good friends.<\/p>\n

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    October 18,\u00a0 1941 – March 27, 2025 Donald \u201cIan\u201d MacDonald, formerly of the 4th of Kenyon, Alexandria, Ontario, died peacefully at the Ottawa Heart Institute on Thursday, March 27, 2025, at the age of 83. Beloved husband of Patricia (n\u00e9e Lowe) MacDonald for over 60 years. Loving father of Scott, Tonya and Tyson (Michelle) MacDonald. …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":73101,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41,2663],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-73100","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community","category-obits"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-05-02 23:50:13","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73100","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=73100"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73100\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":73102,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73100\/revisions\/73102"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/73101"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=73100"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=73100"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=73100"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}