Monna Lee (O'Donnell) Carter

Oct 31, 1941 -

Sep 23, 2020

Monna passed away at home on Sept. 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 daughter, Colleen and her husband Grant Bolerjack. Monna has two granddaughters: Desiree with husband Charles Bradney and their two children Capri and Jayden; Alaura with husband Tyler Morey and their three children, Nevaeh, Laelah and Avery. She has two grandsons, Scott Reynolds and Robert Bolerjack; and 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; mother, Phylis Spires of South Carolina; son, Jerry Ivey; and brother, Butch O'Donnell, both of Alaska.

Monna was a lifelong Alaskan whose many travels including, 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 Alaska highway. She traveled to Tonga, Hawaii and Mexico and visited many states. Her career spanned jobs from waitress to Reality Specialist for the Bureau of Land Management, which had her flying over almost all 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 an avid rock hound, but most of all 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 love 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!