Mary Gorrell

Mary Gorrell, 89, passed away on September 13, 2022, at her Centerville home, under hospice care. Mary Ellen Hirmer was born on September 17, 1932, at Marshall, MN, the daughter of Phillip and Cora (Lens) Hirmer. She grew up and attended school, graduating from Marshall High School in 1951. Mary worked as a Dental Technician, making false teeth for over 38 years, She had worked at Ronco Dental Lab, Sioux Falls, Creative Dental Arts Lab, Sioux Falls and Hanson Dental Lab, Sioux Falls. At age 60, Mary graduated from modeling school. On February 10, 1955 she was united in marriage to Wallace Russell Gorrell at Luverne, MN. The couple made their home in Tuscon, AZ and Sioux Falls before moving to their acreage rural Centerville. Husband, Russell died in 1983. Mary was an active and faithful member of St. Magdalen Catholic Church where she served as Director of Religious Education and on the Altar Society. She belonged to St. Christina's Court of Catholic Daughters and the SD Dental Technicians Association. Mary was a member of Al-anon family group, and on the board and as a volunteer of the Lennox Good Samaritan Center. Besides her parents and husband, Mary was preceded in death by son, Nick in 1998, grandson, Nick Jr. in 2009; siblings: Bernard Hirmer, Robert Hirmer, Leonard Hirmer and John Hirmer; step-siblings: Frances Weldon, Phillip Hirmer and Alfred Hirmer. Grateful for having shared her life are her children: Shirley Gorrell (Lori Tyler), Centerville, Marilyn Coulter, Sioux Falls, Russell (Carrie) Gorrell, Virginia, Tony Gorrell, Sioux Falls and Patti (Jon) Peterson, Sioux Falls; 11 grandchildren, 20 great-grandchildren and 3 great-great-grandchildren; siblings: Dorothy Smith, Spokane, WA, Cornelia (Jim) DeCock, Minneota, MN, Monica Hoof, Marshall, MN, Catherine Louwagie, Marshall, MN and Doug (Gigi) McNeely, Minneapolis as well as a host of other relatives and friends. Mass of Christian Burial will begin at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, September 27, at St. Magdalen Catholic Church, Lennox, SD with burial to follow in the Mt. Olivet Catholic Cemetery. The Rosary by the Catholic Daughters will begin at 4:45 p.m. Monday September 26, followed by a Prayer Service at 5:00 p.m., also at St. Magdalen Catholic Church, then visitation with the family present until 7:00 p.m. In lieu of flowers, Mary's request was memorials to the Mt. Olivet Cemetery Crucifix Fund.

Mary Gorrell

September 17, 1932 - September 13, 2022

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