Mary M. Sundeen

Mary M. Sundeen, 100, resident of Lakota, N.D., died Jan. 1, 2018 at the Good Samaritan Society in Lakota.

Mary Mae Cole was born May 20, 1917, at Doyon, N.D., the daughter of Frank and Ann (Nixon) Cole.

She attended Hope Consolidated School in Southam, N.D., and graduated from Southam High School in 1933. Mary married James Sundeen on March 9, 1934.  

To this marriage, Marlys and Gemia were born. James died Aug. 28, 1938. Mary married Nils Sundeen Dec. 23, 1941. To this marriage, Norris, Dennis, Terrence, and Darell were born.

The couple farmed together in the Brocket, N.D., area befor...