Ethan Pierce Donohue, 20, of Earl Park, died Saturday, October 16, 2010 due to an accident in West Lafayette, Indiana. He was born January 17, 1990 in Watseka, Illinois to Kim and Donald Donohue, II. He graduated from St. Joseph Elementary School and in 2008 he graduated from South Newton High School, both in Kentland. He was a junior at Purdue University, College of Consumer and Family Sciences, and was enrolled in their HTM program focusing on restaurant management. This summer he completed a HTM internship at Don's Drive In, Kentland. He was a hard worker who always had a smile and a friendly word for his customers. Ethan was a member of Purdue's Alpha Kappa Lambda fraternity in which he was currently the PR officer. He was a member of St. Joseph Catholic Church in Kentland, where he was a mass server, and FFA, where he participated on many judging teams. He was also a member of 4H Country Hicks Club and Swine Barn, Indy Goat Herd GTO Club, Spanish club, where he traveled to Spain and Costa Rica, National Honor's Society, and was also a 21st Century Scholar. He received numerous awards and scholarships including: The Peter George Scholarship and Opportunity Scholarship both awarded to him by Purdue University, Earl Park Lions Club Scholarship, South Newton FFA Scholarship, and the Betty and Arch McKean St. Joseph Church Scholarship. Ethan's parents, grandparents, brothers, and uncles passed their love of automobiles onto him. He was a perfectionist when it came to cars and recently started his own detailing business. Surviving with his parents are two brothers; Eric Stoddard Donohue and Ean Maxwell Donohue, grandmothers, Anita Donohue of Kentland and Marilyn Ohlendorf of Beecher, IL, aunts and uncles, Tim and Diane Ohlendorf of Lowell, Dennis and Becky Donohue of Rainsville, Dennis and Denise Shedrow of Earl Park, and several cousins, Kevin Bower, Matthew and Erica Ohlendorf, Wyatt Sassman, and Scott, Shelby, Darrin and Daniel Shedrow. He was preceded in death by grandfathers, Wendell "Olly" Ohlendorf and Donald Donohue, Sr. and an aunt, Debra Bower Sassman. Friends may call from 3-8 pm (CDT) Friday, October 22, 2010 at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Kentland where services will be held at 11 am (CDT) Saturday, October 23, 2010 with Father Robert Bernotas officiating. Memorials may be made to the Ethan Donohue Memorial Fund to be used for future good in his name. Envelopes will be available at the visitation and funeral services or may be mailed to Stitz-Clapper Funeral Home (214 East Washington St. Kentland, IN 47951).