Mae Brickner

las, ND passed away very

early on May 29, 2020

with her son by her side

at Garrison Memorial Hos-

pital. Funeral services

will be held on Wednes-

day, June 3rd, 2020 at

2:00 p.m. at Peace Luth-

eran Church in Garrison.

Visitation will be held

on Tuesday from

5:00-7:00 p.m. at Thomp-

son Funeral Home in

Garrison, ND.

Mae Jennet Todd was

born on May 19, 1928 to

George and Mary (Elling-

son) Todd in Ward Coun-

ty, ND. She was baptized

and confirmed at Trinity

Lutheran Church in Doug-

las. She attended grade

school at a nearby town-

ship country school and

then went to Douglas

High School where she

graduated in 1945. She

worked in Minot for a

short time and also in

Seattle, WA briefly before

coming back to Douglas

where her and her sister

ran the cafe for a short

time. She also did house-

work and cooking for

farms in the Douglas area.

In June of 1957 she

married Rudy Brickner at

Trinity Church in Doug-

las. They made their

home on the Brickner

farm south of Douglas

where they farmed and

raised their son Alan.

They attended the nearby

McGinnis Country

Church where she taught

Sunday School and Vaca-

tion Bible School.

After Rudy passed away

in 2012, Mae continued to

live on the farm with Alan

until November of 2019

when she was admitted to

the Garrison hospital for

hip surgery rehab. In

January of 2020, she be-

came a resident of the 3rd

floor nursing care facility

where she received ex-

cellent care.

Mae was dedicated to

her family as a homemak

er and farm wife. She en-

joyed gardening, canning,

cooking, and baking. She

sewed clothes for herself

and others and made spe-

cial occasion dresses for

family and friends. She

also liked inviting friends

and family over for big

holiday meals and card

playing. She liked doing

crafts and has made many

pieces of handiwork that

have filled her house and

that she has given to oth-

ers.

She is survived by her

son, Alan, niece, Betty

Lou (Lawrence) Frye of

Tacoma WA, nephew,

Ron (Jan) Westby of Port-

land, OR, nephew, Robert

(Becky) Westby of Seattle,

WA, nephew, Greg (Jill)

Schuer of Moorhead, MN,

niece, Shirley (Karlsbro-

ten) Schliemann of Minot

and nephew, Jim (Brenda)

Schuer of Douglas,

nephew-in-law, John

(Helen) Arvidson of Val-

paraso, IN, niece-in-law,

Marilyn Arvidson of

Chesterton, IN,

niece-in-law, JoAnn (Curt)

Johnson of St. Louis Park,

MN, and niece-in-law

Joetta (Alvin) Magandy of

Douglas, ND.

She was preceded in

death by her husband,

Rudy, her parents, her sis-

ter, Ruby (James)

Lawrance, sister, Amy

(Melvin) Westby, brother,

Howard (Mary Ellen)

Todd, sister Francis (An-

drew) Karlsbroten and sis-

ter, Betty (Art) Schuer,

and niece, Beverly

(Karlsbroten) Smestad.