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Birth:          1 Apr 1911 Wilmot, Roberts Co., S.D.
Death:          10 Feb 2005 Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.
Burial:         Fridhem Lutheran Cemetery, Lengby, Polk Co., Minn.

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www.gencircles.com/users/yochum
1920 in Garfield, Roberts Co., S.D.
1930 in Wilmot, Roberts Co., S.D. servant for private family
findagrave
Her obituary states that she was going to be buried here. Can anyone confirm this?

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Mary Smith, 93, Bemidji

Mary Margaret Smith, 93, of Bemidji, Minn., died on Feb. 10, 2005, at North Country 
Regional Hospital in Bemidji. She was a resident of Neilson Place in Bemidji.

A memorial service was held at 10:30 a.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 15, at Olson-Schwartz 
Funeral Home in Bemidji. Reverend Eric Hucke officiated. Inurnment will take place at 
a later date at Friedham Cemetery, near Lengby, Minn.

Mary was born on April 1, 1911, the eldest child of Dr. Herschel G. and Alice (Jones) 
Harris, in Wilmot, S.D. She attended school there graduating from high school in 1929. 
She then went on to graduate as a registered nurse from Anker Hospital in St. Paul.

During her professional years she worked as a registered nurse, supervisor and 
administrator at hospitals and nursing facilities in various cities in the Midwest, notably 
Sheldon and Primghar, Iowa, and Crookston and Paynesville, Minn.

She married Raymond Habermehl on Dec. 25, 1937, in Wilmot, S.D. They were 
classmates in high school and had two children. He died after a long illness on Sept. 
4, 1946. On March 16, 1948, she married Donald V. Smith from Sheldon, Iowa, and 
they had three children. They lived at Archer, Iowa, until 1960 and then moved to 
Crookston, Minn. They later moved to Paynesville, Minn. Donald died on May 18, 
1978, of a heart condition.

Following his death, Mary moved to Oregon for a short time and then to Bemidji for the 
past 20 years.

Mary was an avid reader and letter writer, and enjoyed gardening and traveling.

She is survived by her sons, Eugene (Barbara) Smith of Bemidji and Paul Smith of 
Cottage Grove, Ore.; daughters, Rae Gordeane Lane of Keizer, Ore., and Kathleen 
Smith of Eugene, Ore.; brothers, Bruce (Lee) Harris of Clear Lake, S.D. and Fred 
(Charlene) Harris of Willows, Calif.; sister, Florence Tenney of Hialeah, Fla.; four 
grandchildren; eight great- grandchildren; and other family members.

She was preceded in death by her parents; husbands; son David Habermehl; sisters, 
Gweynethe Thompson and Ruth Harris; and brothers, Herschel (Craig) and Hugh 
Harris.
http://www.paynesvillearea.com/news/Obits/archives/feb05obits.html 
 

Parents
HARRIS Herschel Gordon (3 Jan 1877 - 1 Oct 1947)
JONES Alice J. (11 Dec 1884 - 18 Nov 1977)

Siblings
HARRIS Mary Margaret (1 Apr 1911 - 10 Feb 2005)
HARRIS Gwynethe June (15 Jun 1913 - 10 Apr 2000)
HARRIS Florence Roberta (9 Aug 1915 - )
HARRIS Herschel Craig (10 Aug 1916 - 19 Sep 1918)
HARRIS Ruth Elaine (3 Jul 1919 - 18 Apr 1930)
HARRIS Hugh Blondel (24 Nov 1920 - 21 Jul 1938)
HARRIS Bruce Kent ()
HARRIS Frederick Keith ()

Marriage To HABERMEHL Raymond (9 Apr 1911 - 6 Sep 1946)
    m. 25 Dec 1937 Wilmot, Roberts Co., S.D.

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Children by HABERMEHL Raymond 9 Apr 1911 - 6 Sep 1946
HABERMEHL Rae Gordeane ()
HABERMEHL David Barton (30 Mar 1943 - 27 Jan 1947)

Marriage To SMITH Donald Vernon (16 Jul 1916 - 19 May 1978)
    m. 16 Mar 1948 

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Children by SMITH Donald Vernon 16 Jul 1916 - 19 May 1978
SMITH Eugene Gregory ()
SMITH Paul Warren ()
SMITH Kathleen Alice ()

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