Mary Ann Beiriger

Hastings resident Mary Ann Beiriger, 72 passed away Saturday, April 24, 2010, at her home. Rosary will be Tuesday, April 27, 2010 at 7:30 PM at the St. Michaels Catholic Church, Hastings, NE, with Father Michael Houlihan officiating. Mass of Christian Burial will be Wednesday, April 28, 2010 at 10:30 AM at the St. Michaels Catholic Church, Hastings, NE, with Father Michael Houlihan officiating. Burial will be in Parkview Cemetery. Visitation will be Monday, April 26, 2010 from 9 AM to 9 PM and Tuesday, April 27, 2010 from 9 AM to 4 PM at the Brand-Wilson Funeral Home, Hastings, NE. Condolences may be sent to the family from www.brandwilson.com. Mary was born October 20, 1937 to Thomas F. and Helen D. (Criswell) Frink in Hastings, NE. She graduated from the St. Cecilias High School in 1955 and then attended Hastings College in Hastings, NE and the University of Nebraska at Kearney, NE. She married Alvin Beiriger on April 25, 1959 at St. Cecilias Catholic Church in Hastings, NE. She worked as the secretary and bookkeeper at the Brand-Wilson Funeral Home from May 1989 to October 2002. She was a member of the St. Michaels Catholic Church, the Catholic Daughters and the St. Michaels Altar Society. She was also a member of the Crosier Apostolate, in Hastings, NE. Mary was a devoted wife and mother whose focus always centered around her family. Her Catholic faith was a fundamental part of her life and she lived each day accordingly. She was active in church, kind to everyone she met, and inspired others to live with joy and love. She was an avid reader and needle-pointer who loved to travel around the country to visit family and friends. Her passing is a great loss to her children and husband but her kindness, love and strength will live in their hearts always. She is survived by her mother Helen Frink and husband Alvin, both of Hastings, NE. 3 daughters, Chris Duncan and husband Dave of Sioux Falls, SD, Deb Dycus and husband Mike of Hastings, NE and Angie Beiriger and husband Chris Hawes of Portland Oregon. 2 sons, Bill of Lincoln, NE and Matt and wife Lynn of Beatrice, NE. 6 grandchildren and 1 great grandchild. 1 sister, Pat Beiriger and husband Don of Norfolk, NE. 3 brothers, Glenn Frink and wife Karen of McAllen, TX, John Frink and wife Sandy and Joe Frink and wife Sue all of Hastings, NE. She was preceded in death by her father, and 1 daughter, Susan Marie. In lieu of flowers memorials may be given to the St. Michaels Catholic Church for Masses in her honor or the Pregnancy Resource Center, both in Hastings, NE.