VIOLET ODONNELL, Obituary

By HDN Staff

VIOLET O'DONNELL

Violet "Vi" Loretta O'Donnell, 87, died Tuesday, Feb. 20,

2001 at a Havre hospital of natural causes.

Funeral services will be 2 p.m. Tuesday at the Holland and

Bonine Funeral Chapel with Ila McClenahan officiating.

Burial is to follow at the Highland Cemetery. Refreshments

will follow at the North Central Senior Citizens Center.

O'Donnell was born March 19, 1913 in Havre to Frank and

Myrtle (Butts) Bunton. She attended school in Simpson.

On July 3, 1932, she married Don O'Donnell in Harlem. She

worked in various cafes and senior citizen centers.

O'Donnell enjoyed reading, quilting, crocheting and playing

bingo.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Don O'Donnell;

three sons; two stepsons; three brothers; four sisters.

Survivors include her daughters, Darleen Mayer of Havre and

Donna Draper of Grand Prairie, Texas; sons, Ray O'Donnell of

Beaverton, Ore. and Edward O'Donnell of Havre; sister,

Arlene Blossom of Port Angeles, Wash.; 19 grandchildren;

numerous great- and great-great-grandchildren; numerous

nephews and nieces.

Memorials may be given to the North Central Senior Citizens

Center, 2 West Second St., Havre, MT 59501.

Services and arrangements are under the direction of the

Holland and Bonine