Mary Ellen Trent

1926 to Charles Dopita, Sr. and Edith (Churchill)

Dopita, in Spokane, Washington. She was the

only girl and had four brothers: Lewis, Charles, Fred and

Dale. Later, the family moved to Twin Falls, Idaho and then to

Philipsburg, Kansas.

Mary met Ralph Winter, a family friend, and they were

married on June 19, 1945 on her 19th birthday. Mary and Ralph had

four children: David, Douglas, Dean, and Damon. Mary enjoyed

going camping with her family, going to the beach, and spending time

making a beautiful loving home. For many years, she worked as a

custodian at Oregon Institute of Technology. After Ralph’s passing in

1994, Mary met and married William Trent, who preceded her in

death in 2013.

Mary was devoted to church and loved teaching children,

going to Bible Studies and women’s prayer groups. She taught the

4 year olds Sunday school class for 20 years. Although she went to

church as a child, it was later, as an adult watching a TV preacher in

her living room, where she was “born-again” as she gave her life to

Jesus Christ, her Lord and Savior. Mary was water Baptized on

November 25, 1973 as a public declaration of her faith in Christ. She

loved to read her Bible, worship the Lord, and faithfully pray for her

children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren.

Mary is survived by her brother, Dale Dopita, her sons:

Douglas and Damon Winter, and her grandchildren: Capprice Pikios,

Noelle Mobley, Joshua Winter, Douglas Winter, Jr., Chris Brown,

Lindsey Amuchastegui, Dr. Aaron Winter and Nathan Winter. As

well as 8 great-grandchildren and 2 great-great-grandchildren.

Mary transitioned from this life to the next peacefully on

Monday, March 25, 2019 at the age of 93 years old. She entered into

glory, while watching TV preacher, T.D. Jakes on the television. She

will be greatly missed by her family and friends. Mary’s unwavering

faith and love for God has carried her through the good times, as well

as the bad, and is the legacy she leaves behind for her family to

continue