Carol McDonald
MOTLEY - Carol McDonald, age 66, of Motley, passed away Nov. 5, 2009, at the Lakewood Health System in Staples following a long, courageous battle with cancer. A memorial service will be 11 a.m. Monday, Nov. 9, 2009, at the Brenny Funeral Chapel of Baxter. Friends are invited to gather beginning at 10 a.m. at the chapel. Private family interment will be at a later date in Prairie Cemetery at New York Mills, Minn.
Carol McDonald
Carol Lee McDonald was born on Sept. 16, 1943, in Hibbing, Minn., the daughter of James Patrick and Leona (Lantman) McDonald. She graduated from Cherry High School, Cherry, Minn., in 1962. Following her schooling she enlisted in the Army WAC Communication Corps, honorably serving her country until July of 1967. Returning to Minnesota she worked as a nurse's assistant and also at an electronic corporation in Hibbing for several years. The family moved to Brainerd in the late 1980s where she continued to work in the health care system as a home health assistant until moving to Motley. Carol's passion, besides her family, was quilting. She also enjoyed crafts and handiwork.
She was preceded in death by her mother, Leona McDonald; brother, John McDonald; sister, Betty Mason; and grandson, Levi. Carol will be greatly missed and lovingly remembered by her life partner, Avron Snabb, of Motley; daughter, Melissa (Gary) Cruikshank, of Merrifield; grandchildren, Chancey, Brandi, Kacee and Trace; great-grandchild, ReeAnna, and one more on the way; sister, Patricia McCutcheon, of Hibbing, Minn.; brothers, James (Bonnie) McDonald and Jerry McDonald, all of Hibbing, Minn.; and brother-in-law, James Mason, of Danube, Minn.
Arrangements have been entrusted to the Brenny Funeral Chapel in Baxter.