Mary Margaret Pudwill

Mary Margaret Pudwill, 92, Bismarck, died May 31, 2012, at the Baptist Home in Bismarck. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held on Tuesday at 10:00 AM at Church of St. Anne in Bismarck with Rev. Jason Signalness officiating. Burial will be at St. Mary's Cemetery. Visitation will be Monday from 4:00 - 8:00 PM at Eastgate Funeral Service where a Catholic Daughters Rosary will be held at 7:00 PM followed by a vigil service. Visitation will continue on Tuesday one hour prior to the service at the church. Mary Margaret was born on June 26, 1919, in Wagner, SD, to John Valentine and Mary Belinda Moran Wilhelm. She attended school in Parkston, SD, and Wishek, ND, and graduated from high school in Eureka, SD. She graduated from St. Joseph's School of Nursing in 1940 in Mitchell, SD. Mary Margaret worked at St. John's Hospital in St. Paul, MN, and Eureka General Hospital in Eureka, SD, before her marriage to Leo Dale Pudwill on January 10, 1942, in Leola, SD. Leo served in the U.S. Army in the European 4th Armored Division. When he returned, they made their home in Bismarck where Mary Margaret lived since 1943. She was employed at Roen and Straus Clinic for three years and then as night supervisor at the Baptist Home for twenty years. Mary Margaret was a member of Church of St. Anne, St. Anne's Circle, Catholic Daughters of America Immaculate Conception #322, and the Catholic Nurses Association. She enjoyed reading, painting, working word puzzles, and creating hand crafts, especially projects requiring crocheting, knitting, and embroidery. She crocheted over 250 prayer blankets and continued crocheting while residing at the Baptist Home. She loved her family and had a very warm, special bond with her grandchildren. Mary Margaret is survived by two daughters and sons-in-law, Margaret Lee and Roger Koenig of Jamestown, ND, and Mary Elizabeth and Larry Thelen of Bismarck; one son and daughter-in-law, Marshall Leo and Nila Pudwill of Bismarck; seven grandchildren, Michelle Koenig fiancé Joe of Colorado Springs, CO, Steven Heather Koenig of Gilbert, AZ, Christin Mike Jennings of Grand Forks, Scott Christina Thelen of Bismarck, Kevin Thelen of Bismarck, Michael Pudwill of Denver, CO, and Katie Pudwill of Washington, D.C.; two great-grandchildren; two sisters, Jean Maynard of San Antonio, TX, and Patricia Collins of Mobridge, SD; and one brother, John Wilhelm of Marysville, CA. She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Leo on October 25, 1971; and her step-mother, Julia Wilhelm.

Mary Margaret Pudwill

June 26, 1919 - May 31, 2012