Donna Osadschy
Oct. 30, 1931-May 25, 2017
Donna Mae (Bauer)
Osadchy, 85, longtime
Gasman Township
resident died in Bismarck,
on May 25, 2017, at CHI
St. Alexius Health,
Bismarck.
Services will be held at
11:00 am Tuesday, May
30, at Parkway Funeral
Service, 2330 Tyler Park-
way, Bismarck, with Rev.
Marvin Klemmer officiat-
ing.
Visitation will be held
from 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm
Monday, May 29, 2017, at
Parkway Funeral Service,
2330 Tyler Parkway,
Bismarck, where sharing
of memories will begin at
6:00 pm.
Burial will be held at
the North Dakota Veterans
Cemetery, Mandan.
Donna was born Oc-
tober 30, 1931, in Garris-
on, ND, to Emil and Hilda
(Eslinger) Bauer. She was
raised on the family farm,
attended rural schools,
and graduated from
Garrison High School in
1949. Donna married Ar-
nold Osadchy on October
21, 1951 in Colorado
Springs, CO. They began
farming in Rushville
Township in 1952 and
purchased their current
farm in 1958, where they
raised small grains and
cattle. Donna taught in a
one-room school in
Garrison, was a 4-H leader
in Ward County for 25
years, a Farmers Union
Youth Leader in Ward
County, was also a cook
for Conventions, the
Mouse River Summer
Camps, and South Prairie
Elementary School.
Donna served on the
Gasman Township and
Ward County election
boards and was a long-
time member of Gasman
Homemakers and Our
Lady of Grace Catholic La-
dies Aid Society. She also
worked at Northwest Fa-
brics for many years using
her sewing and crafting
skills.
Donna is survived by:
her children, Tamara (Da-
vid) Garner, McIntosh,
SD, Rick Osadchy, Max,
Michelle (Ronald) Beaver,
Mead, CO, Jana (Jeffrey)
Rub, Norfolk, NE, Taresa
“Tari” (Jeffrey) Azure,
Menoken, ND, Colleen
(Daniel) Ebach, Lincoln,
ND; 16 grandchildren; 19
great-grandchildren; sis-
ters, Delma (Robert)
Hueffman, Tamarac, FL,
and Ruby (James)
Schlichting, Garrison, ND.
She was preceded in
death by: her husband,
Arnold; her parents, Hilda
and Emil Bauer; and three
great-grandchildren, Zara
Garner, Bentley Azure,
and Baby Erhardt.
In lieu of flowers,
memorials may be given
to the donor’s choice.
Go to
www.parkwayfuneral.com
to share memories of Don-
na and sign the online
guestbook.