Mary Lou Gates Wedebrand 1929-1992

WEDEBRAND, GATES, HIGGINS

Posted By: Merllene Andre Bendixen (email)
Date: 10/16/2012 at 23:47:47

Mary Wedebrand
Estherville – Services for Mary Lou Wedebrand, 63, will be held at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at St. Patrick’s Catholic Church with Father Thomas Topf officiating. Interment will be in Oak Hill Cemetery. She died Monday, May 11, 1992 at Willow Central Convalescent Center, Minneapolis. Henry-Olson-Fuhrman Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

She was born Feb. 21, 1929 at Ayrshire, the daughter of Roy and Hester (Higgins) Gates and was a 1947 graduate of Ayrshire High School. On May 5, 1956 she married Garvin Wedebrand at Jackson, Minn. The couple lived in Estherville following their marriage. She worked as a nurse at the Good Samaritan Center and later Holy Family Hospital a number of years. She was a member of St. Patrick’s Catholic Church.

Survivors include three sons: Kenneth Wedebrand, Spirit Lake; John Wedebrand, Estherville and Snoden Wedebrand, Clear Lake; four grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her husband in January, 1991; one granddaughter, her parents and three brothers. (Estherville Daily News, Estherville, IA, May 13, 1992)