Maxine Lorraine Mondou Lodmell

St. Paul, MN

Maxine Lorraine Mondou Lodmell passed away July 17, 2022, in St. Paul, Minnesota. She was born May 8, 1928, in Minot, North Dakota and raised there by her parents, Norris Alphonzo Mondou and Hilda Marie Johnson, both were proud members of the Elks Lodge.

Maxine attended Sunnyside Elementary, Minot High and Minot State Teachers College (Minot State University), graduating in 1950 with degrees in Elementary Education and Music. Maxine helped put herself through college by playing in an all-female band, the Forte Five, traveling across North Dakota playing VFW’s. She is also a life member of Sigma Sigma Sigma. Maxine took her first teaching job in Grand Forks, North Dakota, where she met her husband, Robert Eugene Lodmell (Sam and Thelma Lodmell).

They moved to St. Paul Minnesota where their first son, Robert Layne, was born, after which they moved to Duluth, Minnesota, where Maxine began her 30-year career in the Duluth Public School system, teaching primarily second grade and leading the choir at every school that she taught.

Maxine enjoyed traveling, visiting as many states as possible including Alaska and Hawaii, and

volunteering (The Lighthouse for the Blind, 21st Century, Chris Jensen, Benedictine, and was past president of Lioness). Maxine was also a longtime member of Glen Avon Presbyterian church; she sang in the choir for many years.

Maxine was preceded in death by her parents and husband and is survived by her two sons Layne (Kim Unger), Larry and her grandchildren Michael Layne and Robert Shayne. Maxine will be interred at Fort Snelling National Cemetery in Minneapolis, Minnesota on May 8, 2023, at 1:30 p.m.

Memories preferred to Minnesota Lions Diabetes Foundation.

Published by The Minot Daily News, April 20, 2023.