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Mary
McCollum, 77
Bejou
- Mary L. McCollum, 77, died Friday, December
14, 2001 at Mahnomen Health Center Nursing Home in
Mahnomen.
Funeral
services were held at 10 a.m. on Monday, December
17, at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Bejou with Rev.
Clem Wagstrom officiating. Mary Nell Preisler and
Dorothy Goos served as organists, and special music
was presented by Gary Hamre. Casketbearers were
Donald Svenby, Aaron Natwick, Jeff McCollum, Trent
McCollum, Darrel Miller, Jesse McCollum and Bethany
White. Honorary casketbearers were all of Mary's
grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Interment
was in Riverside Memorial Park Cemetery in Mahnomen
with Mattson Funeral Home of Mahnomen in charge of
the arrangements.
Mary
First was born on July 10, 1924 at rural Fosston,
the daughter of Peter "Fred" and Susie (Holdmann)
First. She grew up in the Fosston area where she
attended country schools. After completing her
education, she began working for Harold
Sirjord.
On
January 15, 1941, she married Loren McCollum in
Mahnomen. The couple moved to a farm east of Bejou,
and in addition to helping Loren on the farm, Mary
picked potatoes and worked on the Schermerhorn
Farm. After Loren's death on February 28, 1974,
Mary continued to make her home on the farm. During
the 1980's, she worked at the Bejou Store, baking
pies and stocking shelves. During the 1990's, she
worked for a few years as a housekeeper at Stardust
Suites. Through the years, Mary also helped her
son, Terry, and his wife, Theresa, at their hunting
preserve where she cleaned pheasants and made
doughnuts. In November 2001, she moved to St.
Mary's Nursing Home in Detroit Lakes and resided
there for a short time before moving to Mahnomen
Health Center Nursing Home.
Mary
was a member of Immanuel Lutheran Church, its
Ladies Aid, the VFW Auxiliary and Homemakers
Club.
She
enjoyed baking, especially doughnuts, quilting,
crocheting afghans, sewing clothes for her
grandchildren and playing cards and bingo with her
friends.
Mary
is survived by three sons, Dennis (Cynthia) of
Fertile and Ordell (Doris) and Terry (Theresa),
both of Bejou; three daughters, Phyllis (Bob)
Miller of St. Hilaire, Marilyn (Dave) Natwick of
Winger and Laurie (Mike) Semanko of Fargo, N.D.; 23
grandchildren; 33 great-grandchildren; and a
sister, Elizabeth "Lizzy" Svenby of Detroit
Lakes.
She
was preceded in death by her husband; parents; five
brothers, Gust, Fred, Hunnas, Henry and John; and a
sister, Sophie Paggen. A00003B2001DC26
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