O'DONNELL, Barbara E.

(Maiden Name: Stevenhagen)


Barbara E. ODonnell, 57, a longtime Baker City resident, died Feb. 8, 2001, at St. Alphonsus Medical Center in Boise after a long battle with diabetes. Her funeral will be at 2 p.m. Thursday at the First Church of the Nazarene, 1250 Hughes Lane. Pastor Lennie Spooner will officiate. Vault interment will be in Mount Hope Cemetery. Visitations will be from 2 p.m. to 8 p.m. Wednesday. Mrs. ODonnell was born on July 1, 1943, at East Berlin, Germany, to Wilhelm and Analise Stevenhagen. She married Anthony W. ODonnell at New Castle, Del. They moved to Baker City in 1978 and had lived here since. Mrs. ODonnell was active in the choir at the Baker City Church of the Nazarene and sang individually for fund-raisers and other church functions. She was a homemaker and enjoyed spending time with her family, knitting, crocheting and making other crafts. She was a very loving wife, mother and friend who will be greatly missed by all who knew her. Survivors include her husband, Tony ODonnell of Baker City; and a daughter, Carman ODonnell of New Castle, Del. She was preceded in death by her father, Wilhelm Stevenhagen; her mother, Analise Stevenhagen; a brother, Heinze Stevenhagen; and a son, Adam W. ODonnell. Memorial contributions may be made to the American Diabetes Association or the National Kidney Foundation through Grays West & Co., P.O. Box 726, Baker City, Ore. 97814. bakercityherald.com 16 Feb 2001