Donahey was born in
Goshen Township, Tuscarawas County, Ohio. She earned her bachelor's at Mann's Business College in
Columbus, Ohio and went to work at the Office of the Ohio Adjutant General's Business and Finance Division. She was married to
John W. Donahey, who served for a time as
Lieutenant Governor of Ohio. Her father-in-law,
A. Victor Donahey, was a
Governor of Ohio and a member of the
United States Senate. The embezzlement was carried out in 1978 by head cashier, Elizabeth Jane Boerger and her private business associate, Robert W. Yeazell. The accounting firm,
Price Waterhouse & Company, who undertook the 1978 audit did it in 1981 after Boerger had left her position. The pair were indicted for the embezzlement on August 12, 1982. She died in
Bexley, Ohio, a suburb of
Columbus, aged 95. ==References==