Those left to cherish her memory are her son, Rick Smedsrud of Chapin, South Carolina daughter, Rachel (Rae) Busch and her husband, Kevin, of Garden City, MN. However much Marie loved and cherished her family and friends, her highest love and devotion was to her Lord. After Gordon’s death in 2004, she moved to Cornerstone Assisted Living in Mason City, where she met and married George Huber in August of 2007. Marie was a loving and devoted wife to her husband of 58 years, Gordon, and took enormous pleasure in spending time with her children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren. From 1977-1987, Marie and Gordon established a retail music store/antique business in Decorah, “The Emporium,” and Marie was the “go-to” lady for the latest vinyl releases and ran the store, while Gordon made the rounds to auctions. She stayed active in Bible study and attending worship up until the last few months of her life.
Her Bible was the most tattered book in her possession, and is marked with many underlined favorite passages. Marie loved to sew, cook, do crossword puzzles, play Scrabble, and especially, to read. She cherished her Norwegian heritage and was a devoted keeper of family history, and passed that value on to her own family. She was happy to have the opportunity to travel to Norway with her family in 1973. In 1985, she and her sister, Gwen, traveled to India to volunteer in Mother Teresa’s homes for the destitute and dying in Kolkata. She also enjoyed the outdoors, with many family camping trips and other outdoor adventures and travel bringing her great pleasure. She was a member of the Decorah Garden Club, and especially liked raising orchids. Marie also loved to garden, and treasured her greenhouse. She also taught Sunday School, and served faithfully in so many ways, in the role of ‘The Pastor’s Wife,’ in those congregations, and in the Luther College community.
She continued to enjoy singing as long as she was able, and was a member of the choir in many of the congregations to which she belonged over the years. In her younger years, Marie and her sister Gwen enjoyed singing duets, winning many ribbons in school contests. Gordon Smedsrud at Old West Paint Creek Lutheran Church. 9, 1945, she was united in marriage with W. She then attended Fairview Nursing School, attaining her ‘cap’ and her R.N. She graduated from Waukon Senior High School, and obtained her undergraduate degree in Biology at St. She attended Jefferson School from grades 1-8, where her maternal aunt Olga Grangaard was schoolteacher. She was baptized and confirmed at Old West Paint Creek Lutheran Church in Waukon. Helena Marie Prestemon was born February 23, 1922, to Idelia (Grangaard) and Alvin Prestemon. Memorials may be directed to Trinity Lutheran Church (World Hunger Fund).
A private inurnment will be held at a later date at Old West Paint Creek Lutheran Church Cemetery in Waukon, Iowa. Pennsylvania Avenue, Mason City, with Pastor Kathy Graves officiating. A memorial service will be held at 3:00 P.M., on Saturday, October 26, 2013, at Trinity Lutheran Church, 213 N. Helena “Marie” Smedsrud, 91, of Mason City, Iowa, formerly of Decorah, Iowa, died Monday, October 21, 2013, at the Muse Norris Hospice Inpatient Unit, following a brief illness.
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