Mae C. Poehls

Mae Poehls, 96, Eventide Lutheran Home, Moorhead, MN, died there on Thursday, November 13, 2008. Mae Holmgrem was born on May 9, 1912, at Atwater, MN, to Frank and Ada Hanson Holmgrem. She grew up and attended school there, and then worked for a time in the Atwater area. She met Argain Poehls and they were married on June 24, 1933. They made their home in Glyndon, MN, before moving to Sabin, MN, in 1940. Mae had worked as a cook at Agassiz School in Fargo, ND, for many years. She loved to bake and loved going to Bible Study on Tuesdays at Trinity Lutheran in Sabin. Argain died on June 24, 1986. She is survived by four granddaughters, Vicki Randy Richter Olson, Wadena, MN, Cindy Joel Barrios Poehls, Fairfield, CA, Valerie Gene Difondi, Sun City, AZ, Terri Poehls, St. Paul, MN; daughter-in-law Deloris Reznechek, Wadena, MN; seven great-grandchildren; sister, Grace Berg, Atwater, MN. Besides her husband she was preceded in death by her son, Clark "Archie" Poehls, in 1986.