Donna Varty
July 13, 1932-Oct. 10, 2020
Donna Lou Varty, 88,
Minot, ND, passed away
Saturday, October 10,
2020, at Trinity Homes in
Minot, ND.
Donna Lou Parizek was
born July 13, 1932, the
daughter of Frank and
Nellie (Sorenson) Parizek,
on the family homestead
North of Minot in Eureka
Township, Ward County.
Donna was raised and
educated in Eureka Town-
ship and graduated from
Minot High School in
1949.
Upon her graduation,
Donna moved to Seattle,
WA, where she worked
for Bell Telephone as an
operator. She was once
married to Bill MacKin-
non, Sr. While Bill was in
the service, Donna moved
back to Minot, where she
worked Minot Telephone,
NSP and retired from
Souris River Telephone
where she scheduled the
workers for cabling.
Donna married David
Varty on October 13,
1973. They made their
home in Minot, where she
retired from SRT in 1997.
David passed away No-
vember 12, 2016.
She was a member of
St. Leo the Great Catholic
Church, Minot, ND. She
enjoyed sewing, crochet-
ing, cooking, reading, rid-
ing her bike, and tending
to and spending time in
her yard. She also enjoyed
watching her husband
race at the Nodak Speed-
way. She loved animals,
especially her maltese
dog, Pooky.
Donna’s family would
like to extend a special
thank you to Donna’s
caregiver, Lisa Schepp.
Her loving family in-
cludes: daughter, Roxy
(Kevin) Kelly, Minot; son,
Bill (Connie) MacKinnon,
Jr., Mandan, ND; grand-
daughter, Krista Miller
(Dane Koranda); great-
granddaughters, Norah
and Vida Miller; sisters-
in-law, Ruth (Arne) Tol-
lefson, Maddock, ND,
Bonnie (Fred) Martens,
Great Falls, MT, Betty
(Richard) Schlichting,
Garrison, ND; and
numerous nieces,
nephews and cousins.
Donna was preceded in
death by her parents; hus-
band, David; brothers,
Richard, Archie, Donald
(Shirley) and Jerry Par-
izek; grandson, Jamie
MacKinnon; and step-son,
David Varty, Jr.,
Mass of Christian Buri-
al: Friday, October 16,
2020, at 10:30 am at St.
Leo the Great Catholic
Church in Minot.
Interment: Sunset
Memorial Gardens, Minot,
ND.
Visitation: Thursday
from 4 to 6 pm at
Thompson-Larson Fun-
eral Home, Minot.
Memorials: In lieu of
flowers, memorials are
preferred to St. Leo the
Great Catholic Church or
the Souris Valley Animal
Shelter.
The service will be
livestreamed for the pub-
lic to view and can be ac-
cessed by going to
https://www.
youtube.com/ channel/
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Those wishing to sign
the online register and
share memories may ac-
cess the online obituaries
section at (www. thomp-
sonlarson.com).