Malina Donovan Obituary

We are sad to announce that on September 12, 2021, at the age of 85, Malina Donovan of Shelby, Montana passed away. Family and friends are welcome to send flowers or leave their condolences on this memorial page and share them with the family.

She was loved and cherished by many people including: her father Henry Nelson; her grandmothers, Malina Parnell (Guy) and Mathilda Jane Nelson; her sister Audrey Lucille (Kieft); her husband Michael T. Donovan of Shelby; her sisters, Audrey Kieft of Valier, Janet Dormady of Kenai, AK and Julie Clark of Columbus, MT; her children, J. D. "Judie" Rhoades (Gary) of Bolingbrook, IL, Michael (Deanna) of Naperville, IL, Mark (Darlene) of Belgrade, John (Bonnita) of Great Falls, Joseph (Lisa) of Missoula and Henry "Hank" (LeAnne); her mother Marian Marie Nelson; and her sister Dorothy Ann Sargent (Sargent). She was also cherished by sixteen grandchildren; and ten great-grandchildren; and dozens of nieces and nephews.