Monna Lee (O'Donnell) Carter

Monna Lee (O’Donnell) Carter

Monna passed away at home on 09/23/2020. She had been in hospice care at home, surrounded by her loving family, as she was battling pancreatic cancer.

She is survived by her husband of 36 years, Laurance (Larry) Carter, and by her daughter Colleen and her husband Grant Bolerjack. Monna has two granddaughters: Desiree, with husband Charles Bradney and their two children Capri and Jayden; and Alaura, with husband Tyler Morey and their three children Nevaeh, Laelah, and Avery. She has two grandsons, Scott Reynolds and Robert Bolerjack, and a stepson she helped raise, Aaron Carter, all of Anchorage Alaska. Monna has five sisters and one brother: Darliss O’Donnell; Sandra, with husband Dan Fleckenstein; Sheila, with husband Keith Armstrong; Helen Hatfield; Sharon O’Donnell; and Bud O’Donnell. Monna has several surviving aunts, cousins, nieces, and nephews. Monna was preceded in death by her father, Harry (Bud) O’Donnell of Alaska; her mother, Phyllis Spires of South Carolina; and her son, Jerry Ivey, and brother, Butch O’Donnell, both of Alaska.

Monna was a life-long Alaskan whose many travels included boating up the Yukon River, flying the AlCan with her dad and later in a helicopter with her husband Larry. Many times she drove the Alaskan highway. She traveled to Tonga, Hawaii, Mexico and visited many states. Her career spanned jobs from waitressing to Realty Specialist for the Bureau of Land Management, which had her flying over most of Alaska.

She loved music and could pick up most any instrument and play, and sing a song, too. Monna was very fond of crafting things. It was a well-known hobby of hers and she was amazing at it as well. She always made little gifts for her loved ones like scarves, hats, socks, and many more wonderful things. She enjoyed pottery, hunting and fishing, and was an avid rock hound, but most of all she enjoyed playing with her grandkids and later with her great-grandkids, who called her “ggma”.

She was the much-loved center of her family. A born again Christian who loved God and Jesus and continually expressed her feeling to her family, friends, and strangers of her faith. We miss her dearly and look to the day we will all be together again in resurrection. We love you Monna Lee!