The Mass of Christian burial for Mary Huisman, age 98 of Mott, will be held at 10:30am MT Saturday, October 21, 2017 at St. Vincent's Catholic Church in Mott. Fr. Stephen Folorunso and Fr. Dennis Schafer will officiate with burial in Sunnyslope Cemetery at Mott.

Visitation will be held on Friday from 1:00 to the time of the Rosary Service at 5:30pm MT at St. Vincent's Catholic Church.

Serving as Honorary Casketbearers are Gilbert Mehrer, Owen Blickensderfer, Tim Schaible, Ernie Reinert, Melvin Frieze, Lynn Dill, Paul Schwartz, David Crane, Pete Kerzman, and Kevin Carvell. Serving as Active Casketbearer are Travis and Dylan Huisman, Jordan DeCock, Kalen Gentry and Adrian Grey.

Mary Albrecht Huisman was born August 31, 1919, at New England, ND to Conrad and Eva (Schank) Albrecht. She received her education at St. Mary's elementary school and graduated from St. Mary's High School. She continued her education in secretarial and business training. Upon receiving her degree, she worked in Washington, D.C. with the Department of Defense. She then moved to Mott where she was employed by the offices of Frank Wagendorf, Muggs Maercklein and Dick Furness.

She married Walter Huisman on February 23, 1952, and they made their life together on the family farm southeast of Mott. They retired from farming in 1981 and moved into Mott in 1998. It was at this time that Mary worked at St. Vincent's Parish and also taught CCD classes.
Walter entered the nursing home in 1999 and died in February of 2000. Mary entered the nursing home in July of 2004 and at the time of her death had lived at the nursing home longer than any present day resident.

Mary just celebrated her 98th birthday with family and friends. She still had her great wit and sense of humor and always had an answer for everyone! She attended Mass and devotions weekly and had a deep devotion for Mary, the mother of God. Mary died October 18, 2017 at the Good Samaritan Home with her family at her side.

Left with loving memories are their children: Jan Huisman, Wibaux, MT; Ken (Denise) Huisman, Wilton, ND; and Rod (Sandy) Huisman, Great Falls, MT. She is also survived by her grandchildren: Travis, Courtney, Katie, Kalen, Kallie (Jordan), Jessica (Adrian), Dylan and 2 great-grandchildren: Avery and Kaysa. Mary is also survived by her brother's daughter Mary (Jim) Julian and her family.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Walter, her daughter, Barbara, her parents, 1 sister, Anna; and 3 brothers: Aaron, George, and Peter, and 2 infant siblings.