Donna Dolores (Skotland) Ogrinc passed away Wednesday, Feb. 21, 2018, at the age of 92 at the Mat-Su Regional Center in Palmer, Alaska, surrounded by her family.
Funeral services will be celebrated Friday, March 2, at 1 p.m. at St. Raphael’s Catholic Church in Glasgow with Father Jose officiating, followed by burial at the Glasgow Highland Cemetery.
She was born Oct. 8, 1925, to Mahlon and Rose Skotland in Willow City, N.D., and raised in New Rockford, N.D. She graduated from college in Moorhead, Minn., with a degree in teaching. She taught school in Grenora, N.D., in the late 40s, and then in Glasgow in 1949, where she met and married Dr. Carl Ogrinc O.D. on Dec. 29, 1950.
After raising six children, she went back to work running the local Montgomery Ward store, and then as a teacher in Nashua in the early seventies.
She enjoyed weekends at the family cabin at Fort Peck, golfing and playing bridge.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Carl, who passed Sept. 9, 1998.
Survivors include six children, Timothy Ogrinc of Glasgow, Cynthia Stevenson of Mesa, Ariz., Shawn Ogrinc of Tucson, Ariz., Pamela Ogrinc of Helena, Nancy Morganflash of Wasilla, Alaska and Lisa Allen of Helena; 13 grandchildren: Jennifer Stevenson MacFarland, Christie Stevenson Hawkins, Angela Helland Hansen, Dr. Luke Helland, Nacia Helland Bonilla, Carl Ogrinc, Colton Hill, Kevin Hill, Alliea Nyenhuis, Anna Morganflash, Zachariah Morganflash, Jordan Morganflash, Jessica Morganflash; and 14 great-grandchildren.
She was a wonderful mother and will be dearly missed and forever in our hearts.
Ginny Schneider Beaudoin says
I’m so sorry about Donnas passing. Always fond memories playing at the Ogrinc home. Donna was always so welcoming to the neighborhood kids. Rest In Peace. My sincere condolences to her family.
Ginny Schneider Beaudoin
Cal and Charlene Eklund says
Pam, we are so sorry of the passing of your beautiful mother, Donna. Your mother was so adorable and a absolute joy to visit with, she was funny, quick witted, happy, great at story telling, she loved talking about her dog Bella and she loved her beer now and then (lol). Donna made Cal and I laugh every time we were around her. We loved her so much. We always looked forward to seeing Donna when you brought her through Gt Falls, stopping for lunch or dinner, thank you for that. Though she didn’t know what was going on at times, in her own little world, she was living life to her fullest. Who gets to travel from state to state at her age for you and your siblings to take turns taking care of her, most families don’t do that, pretty loving special family and Bless Tim for taking on a big part of looking after Donna in her own home.
Pam, you are the person you are, warm, kind hearted, caring, loving, because of the beautiful parents you had, raise you. We love you Pam. Our hearts and prayers are with you my friend. Charlene and Cal Eklund
juliane casey says
Aunt Donna was such a sweet loving woman who lived well.Know that know she will be at the banquet table with Jesus and all our loved ones that have gone before us…I hope u will find comfort in knowing she will be loved and missed…