Mary Lee Mein, 95, of Girard, died Wednesday at Girard Medical Center.
She was born August 20, 1913, near Hepler, the daughter of William and Amanda (Ausman) Hagemann. She grew up in the Hepler area and graduated from Hepler Rural High School in 1930. She received a Bachelor of Science degree from Kansas State Teachers College, now Pittsburg State University, in 1934 and a Master of Arts degree from State University of Iowa in 1938.
Her first year of teaching was in Emmett from 1934 through 1935. She taught at PSU from 1935 until 1945.
She married Lorenz Otto Mein on September 20, 1945, in Pittsburg. The couple lived on a farm near Hepler before moving to Girard in 1973. He preceded her in death on June 2, 2002.
She taught at Immanuel Lutheran School near Hepler for one year and at high schools in Hepler, Stark, and Thayer during the time schools were being unified and reorganized. She taught in Girard from 1969 until retiring in 1976 after 41 years of teaching.
She was a sponsor of the PSU College YWCA, the Phi Mu Gamma sorority, the Kappa Delta Kappa fraternity and the Girard Y-Teens. She was a member of Pi Omega Pi and Kappa Delta Pi national honor organizations.
She was a member of Immanuel Lutheran Church of Hepler and the Immanuel Ladies Bible Class; past president of the Girard Ladies Reading Club and an honorary member and past president of the Gem Seekers Study Club of Hepler. She had also served on the Board of Trustees for the Raymond Community Home in Girard. She was a local, state, and national member of the Retired Teachers Association and the Half Century Club of the PSU Alumni Association since 1984.
There are no immediate survivors.
Funeral services will be Monday at 10 a.m. at Smith-Carson-Wall Funeral Home in Girard with the Rev. John Stubenrouch officiating. Burial will be in the Girard Cemetery. The family will receive friends Monday from 9 a.m. until service time. Friends may call Sunday after 1 p.m. at the funeral home.
Memorials are suggested to Immanuel Lutheran Church and may be left at Smith-Carson-Wall Funeral Home, 518 W St. John, Box 258, Girard, 66743.