Danolda "Donni" (Dokken) Marcos

Marcos, Danolda "Donni" (Dokken) of Minneapolis, passed away on February 16, 2016 in Raleigh, NC, from complications associated with Alzheimer's Disease. Donni was born in Minneapolis on February 25, 1932 to the late Charles and Laura Dokken. She graduated from Tech High School in Saint Cloud and was the salutatorian at Macalester College. Donni was recruited by IBM and served as systems engineering manager for twelve years. Donni married the late George Marcos in 1956, and they lived in Milwaukee for 11 years before moving to the Kenwood area of Minneapolis to raise their two children. Donni and George were both passionate about their neighborhood and city. Together they ran a monthly bridge event at Kenwood school for nearly 15 years and organized the largest US neighborhood-led effort (at the time) to fight Dutch elm disease. Once her children were older, Donni returned to the workforce, focusing on bringing computers to the Minneapolis public school system and later serving as finance director for a market research firm. Throughout her life, Donni was highly involved with her children - Andrea and John - as well as others whom she loved like her own: Tamera, Uwe, Maureen, David and Junior. More than a decade after George died in 1990, Donni married Carroll Waller. They enjoyed being involved in their blended family as well as travel and season tickets to many cultural events. Together they continued their active involvement with their life-long friends and beloved city. Sadly, soon after Donni passed away, Carroll did too. Donni is survived by her two children: Andrea Marcos and her husband, Hugh Dawson, of Raleigh, NC; John Marcos and his wife Kathleen of Belmont, MA; three grandchildren: Lauren, Sarah and Meredith Marcos; two step grand children, Megan Dawson Schwartz and Andrew Dawson and their families in Chicago and Brooklyn; and her sister Karen Voss, of San Francisco, CA. Donni is also survived by Carroll's three children and their families. A memorial service will be held at 2:00p.m. on Saturday, April 23 at Plymouth Congregational Church (1900 Nicollet Ave S, Minneapolis, MN 55403) with a reception to immediately follow. In lieu of flowers, the family kindly requests that donations be made to the Minneapolis Park System. Washburn-McReavy.com Davies Chapel 612-377-2203

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Danolda "Donni" (Dokken) Marcos

February 16, 2016

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