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Roy L. Donley (1885–1939) was a businessman who became a member of the Berkeley, California, Board of Park Commissioners and then the Los Angeles City Council, from 1931 to 1933. ==Biography== Roy Laurence Donley was born June 15, 1885, in Kenosha, Wisconsin, the son of William J. Donley and Catherine Weller. He attended public schools in that city and in 1903, at the age of 18, he began working in the rawhide division of N.R. Allen Sons Company of Kenosha, where he remained for four years.〔 He moved to San Francisco in 1907 and established a hide and skin brokerage. He became interested in civic affairs and was a member of the Berkeley, California, Board of Park Commissioners. In 1920 he transferred his business to Los Angeles. After he left the City Council, he joined the office of the Los Angeles city controller〔 and then became deputy United States Internal Revenue collector.〔 Donley was married on September 14, 1910, to Sophia Anna Wenzler of Seattle, Washington. They had two children, John Robert and Evelyn Elizabeth.〔(Los Angeles Public Library reference file )〕 A Roman Catholic, he was a member of the Jonathan Club and considered himself independent in politics.〔 Donley died of an apoplectic stroke in his home, 3516 West 25t Street,〔() Location of the Donley home on ''Mapping L.A.''〕 on September 25, 1939, at the age of fifty-two. Requiem mass was at St. Paul's Cathedral, and interment followed at Calvary Cemetery, East Los Angeles.〔("Rosary to be Said for Ex-Councilman," ''Los Angeles Times,'' September 26, 1939, page A-2 )〕〔("Ex-Councilman Donley to Be Given Rites," ''Hollywood Citizen-News,'' September 26, 1939 )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Roy Donley」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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