Mary Lou O'Donnell

Mary Lou O’Donnell passed away Saturday, April 20, 2024, at Sundale Nursing Home with her great niece Rachael Fortney and great, great niece Gwyneth Paige Fortney by her side. Mary Lou was born December 18, 1928, in Turtle Creek, PA, to James Lester McFadden and Nellie Bly Royce McFadden.

Mary Lou worked at Pennhurst Hospital in Spring City, PA in the laundry for several years. She loved to dance to the Beach Boys and was an avid singer who knew every song of Patsy Clines, Dean Martin, and all classic Christmas songs, and she loved to color and play solitaire.

Mary Lou loved her nieces and never missed a chance to tell them how much she loved them, especially Sam, Gwyneth Paige, Charli Shea, and Danni Rease.

Mary Lou is survived by Mary Jane Coulter, Rachael Fortney, Gwyneth Paige Fortney, Charli Shea, and Danni Rease Fortney Heiskell, one sister, Betty Jane McFadden Heinemann of Green Tree, PA, and five nephews, Jim Matlick, Robert Coulter, Virgil Coulter, David Coulter, and Charles Coulter. She is also survived by the Osage Community and numerous friends from the Scotts Run Museum in Osage, WV.

Mary Lou was preceded in death by her husband Edward O’Donnell, one nephew, Daniel Thomas Coulter, and four sisters, Martha, Helen, Dorothy, and Bess McFadden.

A celebration of life will be held at the Scotts Run Museum in Osage at 2:30 on May 4, 2024.

The administration, doctors, nurses, and staff at Sundale provided remarkable care for Mary Lou, which was greatly appreciated.