Donna Margaret Fries, 48, of Mott, passed away unexpectedly Friday, April 20th,2012 at Regions Hospital in St. Paul, MN with family by her side.

Mass of Christian burial is 10:30 am MT Monday April 23rd at St Vincent's Catholic Church in Mott with Father Charles Zins as the celebrant and Deacon Ervin Schneider.

Visitation will be Sunday, April 22nd from 4:00 – 7:00 PM at St. Vincent's Church, followed by rosary and prayer service at 7:00 PM.

Donna, the oldest of four girls, was born on June 11th, 1963 to Don and Marge Fries in the Elgin hospital.

Donna attended elementary school at St. Vincent's Catholic School in Mott, and graduated in 1981 from Mott Lincoln High School. After graduation from high school, she attended Dickinson State University and earned a double major in Kindergarten and Early Elementary Education. She began working at Headstart in Mott, and moved to teaching Kindergarten while working on her master's degree in Early Childhood Special Needs from Minot State University. Most recently she was working at Huntington Learning Center in Stillwater, MN as a one-to-one tutor for elementary children. Donna was loved by all her students and their parents, and remarked many times to people, "I've always loved being a teacher, as I enjoy my students as much as they enjoy me."
Donna especially excelled in areas of tutoring special-needs children.

Donna had strong courage to accept whatever God had in store for her with grace. She lived her life to the fullest. Donna was a kind-hearted, generous person who selflessly gave of her time and friendship to all.

Donna will be missed by many. She will live on in all the wonderful memories left with all that were fortunate to know her.

She is survived by her mother, Marge, sisters, Diane (Kent) Mortenson of Dickinson, ND, Deb (David) Bohn of Mott, and Donelle (Jason) Mogard of Deering, ND, her nieces and nephews who Donna loved as her own, Godson Michael, Kendra and Brett Mortenson, Joseph Bohn, Ashley, Lindsey and Goddaughter Katie Mogard, cousin Linda Huether, and her extended MN Family.

She is preceded in death by father, Don, grandparents Earl and Marie Schmitz, Jacob and Katie Fries, two infant brothers, nephew Wade, Mary Petra, and other angelic family.