MARY EFTING, age 92, of Adrian, died Saturday, December 23, 2017, at the Good Samaritan Society in Pipestone. She was born December 27, 1925, in Adrian, to Charles and Henrietta (Wheeling) Eshleman. She attended school in Adrian.
Mary married Elmer “Chick” Efting on May 9, 1945, in Aurora, CO. Shortly after their marriage, the couple returned to Adrian. They owned & operated Chick’s Produce, buying eggs from area farmers, for over twenty years. They moved to Pierre, SD in 1967. In 1993, they moved back to Adrian. Mary became a resident of the Good Samaritan Society in 2015.
She was a member of the United Methodist Church in Adrian.
Mary is survived by her daughter, Jo (Dale) McClure, Jasper, MN; son, Bill (Carol) Efting, Glenwood Springs, CO; four grandchildren; Angela (Craig) Ellerbroek, Sioux Falls, SD; Lindsay (Chris) Hovden, Yankton, SD; Brady (Alejandra) Efting, Denver, CO; and Casey Efting, Denver, CO; four great-grandchildren; and three sisters, Nancy (Hugh) Sims, Lois (Walter) Ulrich and Betty (Paul) Hasse.
She was preceded in death by her parents, one sister, five brothers and her husband, Chick, on November 14, 2002.
A time of fellowship and a celebration of life will be at the Dingmann Funeral Home in Adrian in the spring to allow family traveling from a distance to attend.
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