Funeral services for Mary Heim, age 101, of Steele, ND formerly of Elgin, ND will be at 11 am MT, Saturday, March 29, at the Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church in Elgin. Pastor Hazel Behrens from Bethesda United Methodist Church will officiate with burial in the Hope Congregational Cemetery in Elgin. A family service will be at 10 am MT on Saturday morning at Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church.


Visitation will be from 1 - 7 pm MT on Friday, March 28 at the Evanson Jensen Funeral Home in Elgin and one hour prior to the service at the church on Saturday.


Mary Stuber was born in Wells County, ND on February 28, 1907 to Andrew and Anna Baier Stuber. At the age of seven months her parents moved to Elgin. Mary attended grade school at the Carlson School District south of Elgin. She was united in marriage to Ed Heim on May 12, 1926 at Carson, ND. They farmed south of Heil until Ed's untimely death on January 8, 1965. In October of 1965, Mary moved to Elgin where she was employed at the Jacobson Memorial Hospital. She worked in the kitchen for 11 years. She continued to reside in Elgin until moving to the Golden Manor Home in Steele on Sept. 4, 2003.


Mary loved her garden and flowers and always maintained a beautiful yard. After Ed's passing, Mary took up quite an interest in fishing and could often be found at the Cannonball River with a line in the water.


Mary passed away at the Golden Manor Home in Steele, ND on Tuesday afternoon March 25th.



Grateful for having shared in Mary's life are her three sons, Lester (Marlyn) of Bismarck, ND, Ervin (Lois) of Fargo, ND, Vernon (Marlene), of Steele, ND; 10 grandchildren, 22 great grandchildren and 12 great-great grandchildren.



Mary was preceded in death by her parents, her husband Ed, eight brothers, three sisters, one daughter, Delores and a grandson and three children in infancy.