Obituary

Mary Lois Legreid, 82, of Bismarck and formerly of Maddock, ND, died Saturday, February 23, 2002, in a Bismarck nursing home.  Memorial Services will be held Wednesday, February 27, 2002,  2:00 PM at Missouri Slope Lutheran Care Center, Bismarck,  with Pastor Dale Nabben officiating.  A second Memorial Service will be held Friday, March 1, 2002,  11:00 AM at North Viking Lutheran Church in Maddock with Pastor William Twynham and Pastor Elmo Anderson officiating.  Burial will be in the North Viking Lutheran Cemetery at Maddock. 

Mary Lois Dick was born October 11, 1919 in Bismarck, the daughter of Charles and Helen Dick.  She grew up and attended school in Courtenay, ND.  She received her bachelor’s degree from Valley City State Teachers College in 1941 and moved to Maddock where she taught high school English for many years.  She married Firemann Legreid on June 3, 1945, at North Viking Lutheran in Maddock.  They moved to Bismarck in 1997.

Mary Lois took great pride in her family and focused most of her energy and attention on them.  In addition, she was an avid bridge player and had been active in Sons of Norway and Golden K.  In Maddock she was involved in church activities, Viking Homemakers and the country club.  Although she had no Norwegian heritage, she assimilated the strong ethnic ties of her husband and community and became adept at preparing many Norwegian specialty foods.

Survivors include her loving husband of fifty-six years, Firemann, Bismarck; two sons, Harold (Linda), Fargo, and Brad (Sherry), Bismarck, and one daughter Pam (Jim) Vukelic, Bismarck, and six grandchildren, Brent (Andrea) Legreid, Anna (Jeff) Lindlief, Jacob Morgan and Janell Legreid, and Reed and Meredith Vukelic.  She was preceded in death by her parents, stepmother Sarah Scott Dick, and two brothers, Robert and William Dick. 

In lieu of flowers the family prefers memorials to North Viking Lutheran Church, Shiloh Christian School or a charity of your choice. 

The Nelson Funeral Home of Maddock is in charge of the arrangements.