Mary Carol Behrends
Posted By Ballard Sunder Funeral Home On December 2, 2021 @ 10:59 am In 2021,Obituaries | 7 Comments
Mary Carol Behrends, age 76, of Prior Lake, MN passed away on November 29, 2021 from complications due to COVID. Funeral service will be held on Sunday, December 5, 2021 at 3:00 PM at Friendship Church, Prior Lake. Visitation time will be held one hour prior to services. Per request of Mary’s family, masks will be required, and they will be available at the door.
Mary Carol was born on December 14, 1944 to Benard and Beatrice (Murdo) Bajari in Minneapolis, MN. She grew up in Minneapolis, MN.
After High School Mary worked a few jobs that involved Bookkeeping and in 1979, she took a job with the Hopkins School District. She was responsible for the payroll for the entire district. Mary and Jim were married on July 10th, 1992. Mary retired in from this job in 2007. After she retired Mary was able to spend her time with Jim. They loved to travel all over and they had many adventures however her favorite ones always included being by the water, especially the warm ocean. She was a deeply spiritual person and over the years she has made some very close friends through her Bible Study, Sunday school and the time she spent engaging people while she welcomed them at the doors of Friendship Church.
Mary loved being outside in the summer and spending time with Jim while they worked in the garden. She loved the pool just has much as Jim hated it. She played in the pool with her grandchildren and spent time with their friends from the neighborhood swimming. She taught the grandchildren how to swim, how to dive and how to snorkel over the years. When she wasn’t swimming with them she would travel to their sporting events all over Minnesota. She was loudest person cheering person there. She loved playing games with all the grandchildren and she was kinda gullible to their antics. When Mary and Jim got married she went from a family with just her mom, dad and brother who were were soft spoken people to 3 daughters, 2 son-in-laws and a huge extend family that is not soft spoken. Mary and Jim did everything together and he will miss her until they are reunited again in heaven. Mary was taken too soon from her family, and if we could turn back time, we would have tried harder to get the COVID vaccine so she would have many more years with Jim, and those of us who loved her.
Mary will be greatly missed by her husband, James; children, Wendy (Brian) Behrends, Kimberly (Tim) Bryant, Heidi (Jason) Newby; 9 grandchildren; 1 great grandchild; brother, Jim (Sue) Bajari; other relatives and friends.
She is preceded in death by both her parents, Benard and Beatrice Bajari, Sister-in-law Betty, and her great granddaughter, Billie Peterson.
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So sorry to hear of your loss. Mary and I worked together many years at Hopkins and especially work together on the clerical negotiating team many times. My prayers are with your family to give you peace and to feel Gods love surrounding you all.
Jim & family: my heart aches for you all. Mary was a loving person & was proud to be part of each of your lives. May her memories be held close to your heart. God’s peace and comfort to all.
I am so sorry for the loss of Mary Carol. We were cheerleaders together at Mpls Vocational High School in the 60’s. She was kind, athletic and fun to be with. I’m so glad we were able to visit at the recent all school reunions. My thoughts and prayers are with a wonderful family.
Jim, we are so sorry to hear of Mary’s passing. We so enjoyed you both so much in all the Bible Studies we were in years ago at Friendship with the Andersons and Cooks as well. So happy we got to see both of you in the last couple years at Friendship. May God bless you and give you His peace as your mourn the loss of your lovely wife. You will be reunited in Heaven and thankful to God for that. Love and Blessings, Patsy and David Fletcher
Our Prayers are with the Family at this time. Archie, Nick, Jeannine and I(Marc) had the pleasure of meeting Mary and Jim over the last few years. Mary loved Playing cards with us all on game night while visiting Kimberly and her Family. Family in Charleston. A new Angel has enters Heaven to watch over all. Rest In Peace Mary you will be missed
Dear Jim, I just found out at church today about Mary Carol’s death. I’m sorry to hear that, I grew up spending alot of time at her house in my younger years with her dad and teasing her. I’m happy to hear that both of you were able to spend quality time together, as we live with the memories. God bless you and your family.
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I am so sorry to hear about Mary. We were in a Sunday school with her and always enjoyed hearing her ideas and spending time with her. Loved her smile that came so readily. She will be missed!