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Mary E. Sheeley

Mary E. Sheeley

FAIRMONT — Mass of Christian Burial for Mary E. Sheeley, 88, of Fairmont, Minn., will be 1:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 26, 2017, at Lakeview Methodist Health Care Center Chapel in Fairmont. Burial will be in Calvary Cemetery, Fairmont. Visitation will be 12:30-1:30 p.m. Wednesday at Lakeview Methodist Health Care Center Chapel.

Mary passed away Sunday morning, April 23, 2017, at Lakeview Methodist Health Services in Fairmont.

Lakeview Funeral Home and Cremation Service of Fairmont is assisting the family with arrangements.

Mary Elizabeth Wernsman was born Dec. 15, 1928, in Fairmont, Minn., to Joseph and Dottie (Bursaw) Wernsman. Growing up, she attended Catholic School and was a member at Saints Peter and Paul Catholic Church in Blue Earth, before joining St. John Vianney Catholic Church in Fairmont.

On March 29, 1948, Mary was united in marriage to Charles Sheeley. The couple moved to Swea City, Iowa, where they lived for six months until moving to the family farm near Granada, Minn., where they lived and farmed for 48 years. Mary and Charles were blessed with two children: Larry and Steven.

Following Charles’ death in 1996, Mary moved to Fairmont and lived in her childhood home.

Those left to cherish her memory include her sons, Larry Sheeley and his wife, Joleen, of Brookings, S.D., Steven Sheeley and his wife, Pam, of Fairmont, Minn.; grandchildren, LaRay (Bert) Behrens, Joey (Sara) Sheeley, Tom (Jen) Sheeley, and Jason (Lindsey) Sheeley; great-grandchildren, Samantha and Alexander Behrens, Rylee and Ryan Sheeley, and Dillen, Nollen and Corbin Sheeley; other extended family and many friends.

Mary was preceded in death by her husband, Charles Sheeley; parents, Joseph and Dottie Wernsman; mother-in-law and father in-law, Gladys and Fred Sheeley; sister and brother-in-law, RoseAnn and Dick Malone; sister-in-law and brother-in-law, Beatrice and Jim Langerman; and many friends.

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