Mary
McGlynn, 66
Mentor
&endash; Mary McGlynn, 66, died Saturday,
December 22, 2001 at her rural Mentor home.
Mass
of Christian burial will be held at 10 a.m. on
Thursday, 
December
27, at St. Lawrence Catholic Church in Mentor with
Monsignor Grundhouse and Deacon John Bruggeman
officiating. Burial will be in St. Lawrence
Catholic Cemetery in Mentor.
Visitation
will be held today (Wednesday, December 26) from 5
to 8 p.m. with a 7 p.m. prayer service at Johnson
Funeral Service in Red Lake Falls. Visitation will
also be held for one hour prior to services at the
church.
Mary
Virginia Baatz was born on September 3, 1935 in
Erskine, the daughter of Alphonse and Myrtle
(Ehaust) Baatz. She grew up in rural Mentor and
attended a rural school before graduating from
Mentor High School in 1954. She then attended
teachers training in Thief River Falls. For a short
time she taught in Fergus Falls and then in Trail.
On
November 30, 1957, Mary was united in marriage to
Tom McGlynn at St. Lawrence Catholic Church in
Mentor. She worked as a teacher's aid in Mentor for
many years before retiring in 1996.
She
enjoyed such outdoor activities as flower gardening
and bird and squirrel watching, sewing, quilting,
crafting, playing cards and especially, spending
time with her grandchildren.
Mary
is survived by her husband, Tom; four daughters,
Peggy (Scott) Nelson of Worthington, Ruth Ann
McGlynn of St. Paul, Connie (Keith) Wavra of Red
Lake Falls and Patty McGlynn of East Grand Forks;
three sons, Greg (Sally) McGlynn of East Grand
Forks, Dennis (Lynn) McGlynn of Red Lake Falls and
Tom (Cecily) McGlynn Jr. of Mentor; 10
grandchildren; three sisters, Agnes (Kenneth) Reek
of Iron, Yvonne (Richard) Berhow of Fertile and
Donna (Mark) Paradis of Red Lake Falls; and many
nieces, nephews, cousins and other relatives.
She
was preceded in death by her parents; a brother,
Tony Baatz; and a sister, Leora Buehrle.
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