Donna Marie Dolina b. 27 Mar 1946 McDowell Co. WV: Appalachian Aristocracy

1946 -

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Name	Donna Marie Dolina
Born	27 Mar 1946	McDowell Co. WV
Gender	Female
Notes	From her brother, Patrick's obituary: ..... born to John and Argie (Tate) Dolina. Pat?s natural father was an electrician in the coal mines. Pat?s father died of a massive heart attack at the early age of 43 leaving his mother who had no working skills to raise the remaining nine children left in the home. Because they lived in a coal miner?s house that had to be vacated thirty days after his father?s death, the family moved to an old shack that had no plumbing and an outdoor water well high in the mountains of Roderfield, W. Virginia. Because of the abject poverty and the health conditions of the children, Donna, Pat and Mike were adopted at the age of three and two months by their Uncle and Aunt, Robert and Ida Mae Dolina and brought to Tulsa to spend the rest of their childhood growing up in the historical Tracey Park addition. They brought to them the lifelong home in Tulsa. Pat had a 39 year separation from his birth family, not knowing his natural mother, brothers and sisters. In 1989, by Divine Intervention, Donna, Pat, Mike and families traveled back to Welch, W. Virginia to the home of their oldest sister Bernice to meet all of their other brothers, sisters and family members. It was one of the highlights in Pat?s life other than the births of his two daughters.
Person ID	I33235	Master File
Last Modified	29 Mar 2016

Father	John Wilburn Dolina, b. 13 Oct 1903, Bates, OK , d. 29 Jun 1948, McDowell Co. WV (Age 44 years)
Mother	Rhoda Jimme (Argie) TATE, b. 03 Jul 1904, Grundy Co. TN , d. 12 Feb 1965, Washington, DC (Age 60 years)
Notes	Researchers on this family should contact Regina T. Lauer rtlauer@comcast.net
Family ID	F13882	Group Sheet \| Family Chart