Austera McDonald Walker went home to God on Jan. 22, 2003, at age 95. A service celebrating her life and her new life will be held at 11 a.m. today at the Baptist Home Chapel, Bismarck.
"Grandma Mac" was a special grandmother to Special Olympians, a staunch supporter of basketball, cross-country and other sports at Mandan High School, and a loyal follower of St. Mary's High School, from which she was a graduate of 1926.
Austera loved miniatures and mysteries, and she felt blessed to have made pilgrimages to Rome, Lourdes and the Holy Land.
Austera worked nearly 45 years in health care facilities, including St. Alexius Hospital, Capital City Clinic and Mandan Hospital. As giving in death as she was in life, she has donated her body for medical research to the School of Medicine and Health Sciences at the University of North Dakota, Grand Forks.
Austeria is survived by two sons and daughters-in-law, Duane and Margery, Bremerton, Wash., and Dean and Phyllis, Bismarck; two daughters and sons-in-law, Austera and Richard Schulte, Milwaukee, Wis., and Jean and Ken Seigel, Mandan; 17 grandchildren; 18 great-grandchildren; three great-great-grandchildren; one brother and sister-in-law, Adrian and Kay, Bismarck; three sisters and one brother-in-law, Norma McKnight, Bismarck, Mary and Dan Sparks, Winslow, Wash., and Mavis Adams, Lake Forest, Ill.; two sisters-in-law, LaVerne, Bismarck, and Nina, Paramount, Calif.; and numerous nieces, nephews and friends.
Austera was preceded in death by her husband, Kenneth; her parents, Norman and Clara McDonald; her brothers, James, Eugene, Robert and Paul; and her sister, Stella Davis.
"Grandma Mac" was a special grandmother to Special Olympians, a staunch supporter of basketball, cross-country and other sports at Mandan High School, and a loyal follower of St. Mary's High School, from which she was a graduate of 1926.
Austera loved miniatures and mysteries, and she felt blessed to have made pilgrimages to Rome, Lourdes and the Holy Land.
Austera worked nearly 45 years in health care facilities, including St. Alexius Hospital, Capital City Clinic and Mandan Hospital. As giving in death as she was in life, she has donated her body for medical research to the School of Medicine and Health Sciences at the University of North Dakota, Grand Forks.
Austeria is survived by two sons and daughters-in-law, Duane and Margery, Bremerton, Wash., and Dean and Phyllis, Bismarck; two daughters and sons-in-law, Austera and Richard Schulte, Milwaukee, Wis., and Jean and Ken Seigel, Mandan; 17 grandchildren; 18 great-grandchildren; three great-great-grandchildren; one brother and sister-in-law, Adrian and Kay, Bismarck; three sisters and one brother-in-law, Norma McKnight, Bismarck, Mary and Dan Sparks, Winslow, Wash., and Mavis Adams, Lake Forest, Ill.; two sisters-in-law, LaVerne, Bismarck, and Nina, Paramount, Calif.; and numerous nieces, nephews and friends.
Austera was preceded in death by her husband, Kenneth; her parents, Norman and Clara McDonald; her brothers, James, Eugene, Robert and Paul; and her sister, Stella Davis.
Austera McDonald Walker went home to God on Jan. 22, 2003, at age 95. A service celebrating her life and her new life will be held at 11 a.m. today at the Baptist Home Chapel, Bismarck.
"Grandma Mac" was a special grandmother to Special Olympians, a staunch supporter of basketball, cross-country and other sports at Mandan High School, and a loyal follower of St. Mary's High School, from which she was a graduate of 1926.
Austera loved miniatures and mysteries, and she felt blessed to have made pilgrimages to Rome, Lourdes and the Holy Land.
Austera worked nearly 45 years in health care facilities, including St. Alexius Hospital, Capital City Clinic and Mandan Hospital. As giving in death as she was in life, she has donated her body for medical research to the School of Medicine and Health Sciences at the University of North Dakota, Grand Forks.
Austeria is survived by two sons and daughters-in-law, Duane and Margery, Bremerton, Wash., and Dean and Phyllis, Bismarck; two daughters and sons-in-law, Austera and Richard Schulte, Milwaukee, Wis., and Jean and Ken Seigel, Mandan; 17 grandchildren; 18 great-grandchildren; three great-great-grandchildren; one brother and sister-in-law, Adrian and Kay, Bismarck; three sisters and one brother-in-law, Norma McKnight, Bismarck, Mary and Dan Sparks, Winslow, Wash., and Mavis Adams, Lake Forest, Ill.; two sisters-in-law, LaVerne, Bismarck, and Nina, Paramount, Calif.; and numerous nieces, nephews and friends.
Austera was preceded in death by her husband, Kenneth; her parents, Norman and Clara McDonald; her brothers, James, Eugene, Robert and Paul; and her sister, Stella Davis.
"Grandma Mac" was a special grandmother to Special Olympians, a staunch supporter of basketball, cross-country and other sports at Mandan High School, and a loyal follower of St. Mary's High School, from which she was a graduate of 1926.
Austera loved miniatures and mysteries, and she felt blessed to have made pilgrimages to Rome, Lourdes and the Holy Land.
Austera worked nearly 45 years in health care facilities, including St. Alexius Hospital, Capital City Clinic and Mandan Hospital. As giving in death as she was in life, she has donated her body for medical research to the School of Medicine and Health Sciences at the University of North Dakota, Grand Forks.
Austeria is survived by two sons and daughters-in-law, Duane and Margery, Bremerton, Wash., and Dean and Phyllis, Bismarck; two daughters and sons-in-law, Austera and Richard Schulte, Milwaukee, Wis., and Jean and Ken Seigel, Mandan; 17 grandchildren; 18 great-grandchildren; three great-great-grandchildren; one brother and sister-in-law, Adrian and Kay, Bismarck; three sisters and one brother-in-law, Norma McKnight, Bismarck, Mary and Dan Sparks, Winslow, Wash., and Mavis Adams, Lake Forest, Ill.; two sisters-in-law, LaVerne, Bismarck, and Nina, Paramount, Calif.; and numerous nieces, nephews and friends.
Austera was preceded in death by her husband, Kenneth; her parents, Norman and Clara McDonald; her brothers, James, Eugene, Robert and Paul; and her sister, Stella Davis.
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