Madonna Marie "Donna" Trollinger

1940 - 2020  (79 years)

• Name	Madonna Marie "Donna" Trollinger
  Birth	13 Dec 1940	Burlington, Alamance, NC
  	North Carolina Birth Index Name: Madonna Marie Trollinger Date of Birth: 1940 Race: White Birth County: Alamance Parent1 Name: John Benjamin Trollinger Roll Number: B_C001_66001 Volume: 28 Page: 669
  Gender	Female
  Death	9 Jan 2020	Aiken, Aiken, SC
  	AIKEN - Donna Trollinger Waters, 79, of Aiken, SC died January 9, 2020 after an extended illness. Born on December 13, 1940 in Burlington, NC, Mrs. Waters was a retired teacher of religion at St. Mary Help of Christians Catholic School in Aiken where she taught for 31 years. A resident of Aiken since 1968, Mrs. Waters was the daughter of the late John and Ruth Trollinger of Aiken. She graduated in the first graduating class of Bishop Blanchet High School, the first co-educational Catholic high school in Seattle, WA in 1958. She attended the University of Maryland Munich (Germany) Branch for two years before returning to the U.S. where she met and married Robert J. Waters in 1962 in Burlington, NC. After spending several years in the Washington, DC area, she moved to Aiken where her husband directed the Aiken-Barnwell County Mental Health Center until he retired in 1996. He was also a permanent deacon at St. Mary Help of Christians Catholic Church. Her husband died in 2018. Mrs. Waters is survived by six children, John Waters and Michael Waters, Columbia, SC; Erin Spears and Kathleen Thomas, Aiken; Brian Waters, Murfreesboro, TN; Patrick Waters, Savannah, GA.; 12 grandchildren, Bryson, Reid, Casey, and Hayden Thomas; Brendan, Mary, Maggie, and Sean Spears; Anna Kate and Callie Waters, Chloe and Emily Waters; two great grandchildren, Grayson and Hendrix Thomas; and a brother, John B. Trollinger, Jr., Frederick, MD. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be directed to St. Mary Help of Christians School, 118 York St., SE, Aiken, SC 29801. A vigil will take place from 6 to 8 p.m. on Friday, January 10 with Rosary recitation at 6:30 p.m. at Shellhouse Funeral Home on Hayne Avenue. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 1:30 p.m. on Saturday, January 11 at the Old St. Mary Help of Christians Catholic Church with The Very Rev. Gregory Wilson officiating. SHELLHOUSE FUNERAL HOME, INC., 924 HAYNE AVE., AIKEN, SC 29801 Published in The Aiken Standard and North Augusta Star from Jan. 10 to Jan. 15, 2020
  Burial	Aiken, Aiken, SC
  	BURIAL Calvary Cemetery Aiken, Aiken County, South Carolina, USA
  Person ID	I21713	Drollinger Genealogy
  Last Modified	1 Nov 2023

  
  

  Father	SGT John Benjamin Trollinger,   b. 16 Feb 1918, Fort Terry, Suffolk, NY d. 5 Jun 1997, Aiken, Aiken, SC (Age 79 years)
  Mother	Ruth Beatrice Miller,   b. 26 Jun 1923, Durham, Durham, NC d. 28 Sep 2000 (Age 77 years)
  Family ID	F7461	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Deacon Robert "Bob" James Waters,   b. 1933, Arlington, Hudson, NJ d. 7 May 2018, Aiken, Aiken, SC (Age 85 years)
  Marriage	1 Jul 1962	Alamance County, NC
  	U.S., Newspapers.com Marriage Index Name Miss Donna Marie Trollinger Gender Female Residence Place 1327 Washington St Roanoke Rapids Employer Stars and Stripes Newspaper School University of Maryland Marriage Date 1 Jul 1962 Parents Trollinger Spouse Robert James Waters Siblings John L Trollinger The facts in this collection were found using artificial intelligence technology and may contain errors.
  Children	1. Patrick James Waters   2. John Waters   3. Michael Waters   4. Erin Waters   5. Kathleen Waters   6. Brian Waters
  Family ID	F6553	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	1 Nov 2023

  
  

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  Birth - 13 Dec 1940 - Burlington, Alamance, NC Marriage - 1 Jul 1962 - Alamance County, NC Death - 9 Jan 2020 - Aiken, Aiken, SC Burial - - Aiken, Aiken, SC  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

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