Jake McDonald Obituary (1981 - 2007)

Mr. Jake McDonald, 26, of Worden, IL and formerly of Madisonville, KY, died at 1:22 A.M. Monday, May 14, 2007, at St. Louis University Hospital in St. Louis, MO as the result of an automibile accident. \ He was born April 8, 1981, in Springfield, IL. He was a survey engineer for Wolpert; a member of First Baptist Church in Madisonville; was a member of the Madisonville Great Banquet Community; the Madisonville Chrysalis Community and was an organ donor. \ He is survived by his mother, Cheryl McDonald of Madisonville; his father and stepmother, Mark and Roxie McDonald of Indianapolis, IN; a brother, Christopher McDonald of Madisonville; maternal grandparents, Donald & Carol Breitwiser of Bunker Hill, IL; fraternal grandparents, Olga McDonald and Robert & Virginia McDonald of Springfield, IL; maternal great grandmother, Evelyn Friend of Litchfield, IL; aunt and uncle, Michael & Cristi Meyers of Worden, IL; nephew, Aydan McDonald of Madisonville; step-grandparents Eugene & Linda McKnight of Dawson Springs, KY, and two step-brothers, Dustin Morris of Dawson Springs and Davory Morris of Indianapolis, IN, and several aunts, uncles and cousins. \ Funeral services will be 11:00 A.M. Friday at the Barnett-Strother Funeral Home in Madisonville with Pastor Philip McCoy, Ingy Winders and Eugene McKnight officiating. Burial will follow in Odd Fellows Cemetery in Madisonville. \ Visitation will be from 4:00 P.M. until 8:00 P.M. Thursday and from 9:00 A.M. until the service time on Friday at the funeral home. \ Pallbearers will be Jon Ratliff, Jarrod Larkins, B. J. Moore, Ryan Burns, Jared Markham, Chad Larkins, John Joiner and Brad Hanner. Honorary pallbearers will be Andy Myers and Lauren Brown. \ Memorials may take the form of donations to the Faith & Nathan Johnson Fund c/o Old National Bank, 77 N. Main Street, Madisonville, KY 42431, or the American Diabetes Association. Envelopes will be available at the funeral home. \