Memorial services for Mary Jo Rebel, age 73, of Mott, ND will be at 2:00 p.m. MT on Thursday, May 12, 2011 at the American Legion Park in Mott. Pastor Corey Warner will officiate with burial at the Sunnyslope Cemetery in Mott.

Mary Jo Ebert was born on January 26,1938 in Lewiston, Idaho to Vernon and Esther (Soli) Ebert. She lived in Clarkston, Washington before moving with her family to Mott in 1947. On April 24, 1954, she married Trevor Landis and they farmed southwest of Mott until 1981. Mary Jo worked as a bookkeeper for Hertz Farms from 1981 to 1984, and as the Mott City Auditor from 1984 until she retired in 1999.

On November 3, 1989 she married Phil Rebel and they resided in Mott until her death. Mary Jo was a member of the Order of Eastern Star and was very active in the Order of Rainbow for Girls. She loved gardening and house plants, and was an avid reader of fiction.

Mary Jo passed away on Sunday, May 8, 2011 at the West River Regional Medical Center in Hettinger, ND.

She is survived by her husband, Phillip Rebel, Mott, ND; one son, Shawn (Valerie) Landis, Dickinson, ND; four daughters, Tara (Ernie) White, Leonard, TX, Tammy Glasser, Dickinson, ND, Tracy (John) Parkerson, Edgewater, MD, Tricia Landis, Minneapolis, MN; step-children, Colette (Maurice) Ottmar, Avon, MN, Kim Rebel, Jamestown, ND, Jim (Denise) Rebel, Allen, TX; sixteen grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren.

Mary Jo was preceded in death by her parents; one brother, Charles Ebert; and two children in infancy, Todd and Jody.

Visitation will be held Wednesday, May 11 from 1:00 to 7:00 p.m., and also Thursday, May 12 from 9:00 a.m to 1:00 p.m., all at the Evanson Jensen Funeral Home in Mott.