Mary S. Bell

The funeral service for Mary S. Bell, 81,  of Stewartville,MN will be at 1:00 P.M. on Wednesday( March 11, 2020) at the United Methodist Church in Stewartville with Rev. Wane Souhrada officiating.  Mary  died on Friday (March 6,  2020)   from complications  of  a short illness with COPD at Mayo Clinic  Rochester – St. Marys Campus, where she had been a patient for the past 3 weeks.

Mary Scharlene Baugh was born on June 18, 1938 in Des Moines,IA, the last of eleven children,  to Grover and Leora(McCoullough) Baugh. She grew up in Jefferson,IA before moving as a young girl to rural Ostrander,MN. She grew up on the farm, attended Grand Meadow schools,  graduating from Grand Meadow H.S. in 1956.  Mary was  married in June of 1957 at the Grand Meadow Lutheran Church to Larry T. Glynn. Following their marriage the couple lived in Rochester where they raised their family. They were later divorced.  Mary and her children moved to Stewartville in 1973. She was employed at First National Bank in Rochester and then First National Bank in Stewartville. Mary was married on September 22, 1973 at the First Baptist Church in Stewartville to Terry Bell.  The couple and their blended family of 8 lived in Stewartville where they have continued to make their home. Mary was employed for over 20 years at Caseys General Store in Stewartville until her retirement. Terry was employed for many years with concrete plants and construction in the Rochester and Stewartville area.  Mr. Bell died on March 7, 2003.  Mary was a past member of the First Baptist Church in Stewartville. She enjoyed going to garage sales and antiquing,  yard work,  snowmobiling with Terry and watching  NASCAR.  Mary enjoyed visiting with the many friends she came to know while at Caseys and loved time spent with her family, especially her grandchildren and great grandchildren.

Mary is survived by her daughter and 2 sons – Tim Glynn of Eagle Creek,OR; Tammy Edge of Beaver Creek,OR; Michael(Kelly) Glynn of Dover,MN and son-in-law – Jerry Kraetsch of Racine,MN; 5 grandchildren – Niki(Andy) Moore, Tonya(Tony) Klapperick, Robert Glynn, Emily Glynn and Haley Glynn; 4 great- grandchildren – Easton, McKenna and Blake Klapperick and Addison Moore and  many  nieces and  nephews; 4 step chidren – Colleen Russell, Kevin(Bobbi), Kent and Rodney Bell and their children and grandchildren.  She was preceded in death by her daughter – Angela, her grand-daughter – Heather, 2 husbands – Larry Glynn and Terry Bell,  her parents and  5 sisters  and 5 brothers.                    

A time of visitation for family and friends will take place from 5:00  to 7:00 P.M. on Tuesday (March 10,  2020) at  Griffin-Gray F.H. in Stewartville and 1 hr. prior to the service at the church on Wednesday afternoon.  Arrangements are with Griffin-Gray F.H. in Stewartville. Condolences and memories of  Mary  are welcome at www.griffin-gray.com.

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