Donald Samuel Meneely, 65, of Columbus, Ohio, died Friday, September 11, 1998, following a lengthy illness. Following his service as an U.S. Army officer, Mr. Meneely worked as a supervisor at Ford Motor Co. He then joined National City Bank in Cleveland, Ohio, as a teller in 1958. In 1969, he was named vice president of all National City banking offices in Cleveland and Cuyahoga County. In 1976, he became president of a new branch of National City Bank in Lake County, Ohio. In 1983, following a 1982 bank merger, he was named president of National City Bank in Marion, Ohio. In 1986, the bank merged into National City Bank, Columbus. His last six years of an extended banking career were spent as regional executive over 12 southern Ohio area banks. After his retirement, Mr. Meneely was a counselor for Service Corps of Retired Executives. He was a member of the Development Council and Board of Trustees of Washington and Jefferson College, a trustee and finance committee chairman of Ohio Presbyterian Retirement Communities, president of Kiwanis, president of Muscular Dystrophy Association of Northeast Ohio, and a member of the finance committee of the Presbytery of Western Reserve, Cleveland. He served as a deacon, elder or trustee in four Presbyterian churches in the Cleveland and Columbus areas. He also was a member of Liberation Lodge 8 F&AM Scottish Rite Valley of Cleveland and the Aladdin Shrine of Columbus. Surviving are his wife of 41 years, Carol Moore Meneely; a son, D. Scott Meneely of Cleveland; a daughter, Sandra M. Hanks of Powell, Ohio; five grandchildren, Megan, Sarah and Samuel Meneely, and Alex and Brett Hanks; and a sister, Lois O'Brien of Edenton, N.C. A memorial service will be held at noon Thursday, September 17, in Broad Street Presbyterian Church, Washington. Memorial contributions may be made to Washington and Jefferson College, South Lincoln Street, Washington, PA 15301. Copyright ©1998 Observer Publishing Co.Last updated Monday, September 14, 1998Donald S. Meneely
W&J graduate had long banking career in Ohio
Mr. Meneely was a native of Washington who attended Sixth Ward School and graduated in 1950 from Washington High School. He graduated from Washington and Jefferson College in 1954 and then from Stonier Graduate School of Banking, Rutgers University.