Doris' Obituary
Doris Ann (Stevens) Pascal, 95, of Great Falls, died January 24, 2024, of natural causes at Peace Hospice.
Doris was born September 26,1928, the only child of Gerald and Anne Stevens in Poplar, Montana and spent her early years on a sheep ranch. When she entered school, they moved to Poplar and she graduated from Poplar High School. She then attended school at Eastern in Billings, MT.
On July 3,1949, she married James Pascal and moved to Great Falls. They had 3 children, Jim Jr, Steve, and Susan. After many years as a homemaker, she returned to the College of Great Falls to finish her education and became a teacher. Doris taught one year at Lincoln Elementary and when Mountain View opened she began an over 30 year teaching career where she touched and helped shape the lives of over 1000 students. When she retired, she began supervising student teachers in and around Great Falls.
Doris was a member of Sunrise Presbyterian Church where she was a deacon and superintendent of the Sunday school for many years. She also taught Sunday school and sang in the choir. She was involved in many organizations including AAUW, where she worked on the annual book sale, the Montana historical society, Great Falls Flower Growers, Retired Teachers, DAR, which she was extremely proud to have joined, and a charter member of the Lewis and Clark Interpretive Foundation acting as a docent well into her 80’s.
She loved to travel, going to Europe several times, enjoyed reading, gardening, Irish music, and in her later years, watching football, especially Notre Dame, but she would root for any team in green. Old cowboy shows were her favorite and she liked to watch the school buses and children that walked by her house from her grandmother’s rocking chair. All her cats were special to her but especially Pitter and Patter.
Most of all she loved her family and always wanted to know how everyone was doing and what they were involved in.
Doris is survived by her son, Steve and wife, Debbie Pascal of Great Falls; daughter, Sue and husband, Ron McCullough of Helena; daughter-in-law, Roanne Pascal of Spokane, WA; four grandchildren, Ryan and wife, Denise and Cayle Pascal, all of Spokane, WA, Matt and wife, Jamie McCullough, and Brittany and husband, Casey Carnahan, all of Helena; 7 great-grandchildren, Douglas and Dominic Pascal, Caden, Ella and Eva McCullough, and Kennedy and Max Carnahan.
She was preceded in death by her parents; son, Jim Jr; and husband, Jim, of 67 years.
A memorial service to celebrate her life will be held on Monday, February 26, 2024, at 1 pm at Sunrise Presbyterian Church, 3809 6th Avenue South, Great Falls.
Memorials are suggested to Peace Hospice, 2600 15th Avenue South, Great Falls, MT 59405; Sunrise Presbyterian Church, 3809 6th Avenue South, Great Falls, MT 59405; and Lewis and Clark Foundation, 4201 Giant Springs Road, Great Falls, MT 59405.
