Mae Elizabeth Heggar

Mae E. Heggar, 90, of Grand Forks, ND died Wednesday, March 24, 2010 in Valley Eldercare Center, Grand Forks. Mae Wickstrom was born on May 3, 1919 near Buffalo, S.D. the daughter of Oscar and Anna (Johnson) Wickstrom. As a young child she moved with her family to Plummer, MN, where she attended school graduating from the Plummer High School. She then attended Teachers Training in Red Lake Falls, MN and taught in rural school in Red Lake County for one year. On March 21, 1940 she married Elmer Heggar. They lived in Red Lake Falls until 1944, when they moved to Minneapolis, MN. In 1948 they moved to Alexandria, MN and to Grand Forks, ND in 1956. After coming to Grand Forks she attended the University of North Dakota graduating in 1960. She taught math one year in Inkster, ND and 22 years in Grand Forks at Valley Jr. High. She was a member of United Lutheran Church, the ULCW, Friday Group and Wednesday Prayer Group. She was also a member of the Grand Forks Retired Teachers and an active member of Shalom Bible Camp. Mae is survived by: Son: Lawrence Heggar - Grand Forks Daughter: Kathleen (John) Guest - Sewickly, PA Granddaughters: Carrie (Fred) Schumput, Chelsea Perez, Sarah Guest and Susanna (Simon) Scott Great Grandchildren: Taylor, Holly and Will Schumput; Sheila and Rosie Scott Mae was preceded in death by her parents, husband Elmer in 1990; sons, Gerald (1980), and Verne (1984); sisters, Olga Amundson, Ann McCook; brothers, Oscar, Harold, Victor and Gust Wickstrom who was killed in WWII.