Obituary for Donna Trontvet
Our mother Donna Rae was born August 4, 1953 in Washington State, the second eldest child to Don and Nelda Akers. As a child, she attended Lynnwood Baptist Church and as a young adult she was a counselor at a church camp in Lake Tahoe.
Donna met Duane Trontvet in Fairbanks AK in the midst of the Pipeline Boom and after a whirlwind romance, they were married November 27, 1976 in Lynnwood, WA. Returning to Alaska, they made their residence in a log home Duane was building outside Fairbanks. Donna enjoyed telling the story of waking up in the morning to find a moose nosing through the window opening! It was rugged living with water brought in by truck and no electricity. Donna was so excited when she got running water in the kitchen and real glass windows. She was even more excited by the births of their three children, Joshua, Monika and Heather.
In 1987, the growing family moved to Washington State to start a new adventure. Duane attended Central Washington University and became a paramedic. After he graduated, they moved to Oak Harbor and became members of Bible Baptist Church and then after many years, Church on the Rock.
Donna became interested in medicine shortly after Duane and started her nursing career as an EMT. She went to LPN school, then RN school, and in 2001, she graduated from Skagit Valley College with a Bachelor of Science in Nursing. For 25 years she enjoyed working with the team in the emergency department at Whidbey General Hospital, where she was well known and respected for her care and easy-going manner. In 2016 she retired and in 2017, moved to Lake Havasu City, Arizona.
Donna travelled extensively after Duane’s passing in 2007, she loved the Greek Islands and Israel, making frequent trips and many international friends that she stayed in contact with. She lived a rich and full life, filled with with excitement, adventure, pioneering, and education; she made a huge impact on those she met in all aspects of her life. She had a keen sense of fashion and could create an oasis in any space. She had creativity in all areas of life, was gifted in nursing and homemaking. She loves her children and her heart was given to them and her grandchildren without measure. Donna may have left this earth but now has a pain free body filled with life, liberty, freedom and love. She lives on in service to our Lord Jesus Christ.
On November 7, 2021, surrounded by family, Donna passed away and entered the Kingdom of Heaven and was reunited with Duane her beloved. She is survived by her children, Joshua and wife Leslie, Monika and husband Matthew and Heather Marie; her grandchildren, Kai, Ryley, Jacob, Jordan, Seth and Audrey and her great grandchild Theo Jacob. She is also survived by her mother, Nelda Prouty, Diana, her sister, Alfred and David Akers, her brothers.
Preceding her in death is her husband, Duane, her father Donald Akers, her younger sister Rachel Yvonne, beloved aunts and uncle Earl and Beverly Akers and Sally Avritt, cousins Milton Akers and Joel Stufflebeam, and grandparents, Alfred and Elsie Akers.
She will be honored with services at Church on the Rock, December 4, 2021 with internment next to her beloved husband, Duane in Oak Harbor, Washington.
TODAY
Outside my window, a new day I see
And only I can determine
What kind it will be.
It can be busy and sunny, laughing, and gay,
Or boring and cold, unhappy, and grey
My own state of mind is the determining key,
For I am only the person I let myself be.
I can be thoughtful and so all I can to help,
Or be selfish and think just of myself.
I can enjoy what I do and make it seem fun,
Or gripe and complain and make it hard on someone.
I can be patient with those who may not understand,
Or belittle and hurt them as much as I can,
But I have Faith in God and myself and
believe what the Bible has to say.
And I personally intend to make the best of each day
I’ll choose to glorify God today and every day
-Amen-
By
Donna Rae Trontvet
TODAY
Outside my window, a new day I see
And only I can determine
What kind it will be.
It can be busy and sunny, laughing, and gay,
Or boring and cold, unhappy, and grey
My own state of mind is the determining key,
For I am only the person I let myself be.
I can be thoughtful and so all I can to help,
Or be selfish and think just of myself.
I can enjoy what I do and make it seem fun,
Or gripe and complain and make it hard on someone.
I can be patient with those who may not understand,
Or belittle and hurt them as much as I can,
But I have Faith in God and myself and
believe what the Bible has to say.
And I personally intend to make the best of each day
I’ll choose to glorify God today and every day
-Amen-
By
Donna Rae Trontvet
Donna met Duane Trontvet in Fairbanks AK in the midst of the Pipeline Boom and after a whirlwind romance, they were married November 27, 1976 in Lynnwood, WA. Returning to Alaska, they made their residence in a log home Duane was building outside Fairbanks. Donna enjoyed telling the story of waking up in the morning to find a moose nosing through the window opening! It was rugged living with water brought in by truck and no electricity. Donna was so excited when she got running water in the kitchen and real glass windows. She was even more excited by the births of their three children, Joshua, Monika and Heather.
In 1987, the growing family moved to Washington State to start a new adventure. Duane attended Central Washington University and became a paramedic. After he graduated, they moved to Oak Harbor and became members of Bible Baptist Church and then after many years, Church on the Rock.
Donna became interested in medicine shortly after Duane and started her nursing career as an EMT. She went to LPN school, then RN school, and in 2001, she graduated from Skagit Valley College with a Bachelor of Science in Nursing. For 25 years she enjoyed working with the team in the emergency department at Whidbey General Hospital, where she was well known and respected for her care and easy-going manner. In 2016 she retired and in 2017, moved to Lake Havasu City, Arizona.
Donna travelled extensively after Duane’s passing in 2007, she loved the Greek Islands and Israel, making frequent trips and many international friends that she stayed in contact with. She lived a rich and full life, filled with with excitement, adventure, pioneering, and education; she made a huge impact on those she met in all aspects of her life. She had a keen sense of fashion and could create an oasis in any space. She had creativity in all areas of life, was gifted in nursing and homemaking. She loves her children and her heart was given to them and her grandchildren without measure. Donna may have left this earth but now has a pain free body filled with life, liberty, freedom and love. She lives on in service to our Lord Jesus Christ.
On November 7, 2021, surrounded by family, Donna passed away and entered the Kingdom of Heaven and was reunited with Duane her beloved. She is survived by her children, Joshua and wife Leslie, Monika and husband Matthew and Heather Marie; her grandchildren, Kai, Ryley, Jacob, Jordan, Seth and Audrey and her great grandchild Theo Jacob. She is also survived by her mother, Nelda Prouty, Diana, her sister, Alfred and David Akers, her brothers.
Preceding her in death is her husband, Duane, her father Donald Akers, her younger sister Rachel Yvonne, beloved aunts and uncle Earl and Beverly Akers and Sally Avritt, cousins Milton Akers and Joel Stufflebeam, and grandparents, Alfred and Elsie Akers.
She will be honored with services at Church on the Rock, December 4, 2021 with internment next to her beloved husband, Duane in Oak Harbor, Washington.
TODAY
Outside my window, a new day I see
And only I can determine
What kind it will be.
It can be busy and sunny, laughing, and gay,
Or boring and cold, unhappy, and grey
My own state of mind is the determining key,
For I am only the person I let myself be.
I can be thoughtful and so all I can to help,
Or be selfish and think just of myself.
I can enjoy what I do and make it seem fun,
Or gripe and complain and make it hard on someone.
I can be patient with those who may not understand,
Or belittle and hurt them as much as I can,
But I have Faith in God and myself and
believe what the Bible has to say.
And I personally intend to make the best of each day
I’ll choose to glorify God today and every day
-Amen-
By
Donna Rae Trontvet
TODAY
Outside my window, a new day I see
And only I can determine
What kind it will be.
It can be busy and sunny, laughing, and gay,
Or boring and cold, unhappy, and grey
My own state of mind is the determining key,
For I am only the person I let myself be.
I can be thoughtful and so all I can to help,
Or be selfish and think just of myself.
I can enjoy what I do and make it seem fun,
Or gripe and complain and make it hard on someone.
I can be patient with those who may not understand,
Or belittle and hurt them as much as I can,
But I have Faith in God and myself and
believe what the Bible has to say.
And I personally intend to make the best of each day
I’ll choose to glorify God today and every day
-Amen-
By
Donna Rae Trontvet