Mae Beste

Mae A. Beste age 95 of Sauk Centre, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, July 12, 2023 at Edgewood Assisted Living in Alexandria, Minnesota.

A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 11 a.m. Tuesday, July 18 at St. Alexius Catholic Church in West Union with Rev. Mark Botzet officiating. Interment will be in the parish cemetery.

Visitation will be from 5 to 7 p.m. Monday and from 9 to 10 a.m. Tuesday at the Patton-Schad Funeral Home in Sauk Centre. Parish prayers will be at 5 p.m. Monday evening at the funeral home.

Mae Avis Beste was born November 1, 1927 in Montevideo, Minnesota to Gerald and Flavia (Schultz) Olson. She graduated from Osakis high school. After graduation, she worked as a bookkeeper in Osakis. After marriage, she worked on the farm then moved to Sauk Centre where she worked as a sales clerk at Skogmo Clothing. She was a secretary to Norb while he worked at Engle Fabrication.

On October 18, 1950 she married Norbert Beste at St. Alexius Catholic Church in West Union. The couple farmed near West Union from 1950 to 1969. They then made their home in Sauk Centre until 2017. Since then, Mae moved to Alexandria and had been a resident of Edgewood Assisted Living since 2021.

She was received into the Catholic Church in West Union at St. Alexis Church where she was a member from 1950 to 1969. Upon moving to Sauk Centre, she was a member of St. Paul’s Catholic Church and the Christian Mothers. She enjoyed reading, embroidery, baking, doing puzzles, playing cards with her grandchildren, traveling, and most importantly, taking care of her family.

Survivors include her children, Donna (Ted) Thomas of Altona, MB, Canada, Alan (Donna) Beste of Boone, Iowa, Julie (Peter) Olmscheid of Alexandria, and Patrick (Jill) Beste of Brainerd; grandchildren, Amy (Tony) Bromenshenkel of Rockville, Kyle (Melanie) Beste of North Port, Florida, Megan (Kasey) Deaver of Hudson, Iowa, Justin (Ian Gray) Olmscheid of Columbus, Wisconsin, Ryan (Rachel) Beste of West Fargo, North Dakota, and Troy (Tricia) Beste of Zimmerman; great-grandchildren, Trysta Steckling, Emelyn Beste, Reagan and Lincoln Deaver, Pippa, Beckett, and Josephine Beste, and Winnie and Penny Beste; great-great-grandchildren, Payton and Lexi Steckling; sisters, Geraldine Beste of Sauk Centre, Joan Stabe of Brooklyn Center, and Judy Jensen of Osakis; and sister-in-law, Delores Olson of Osakis.

Mae is preceded in death by her husband, Norbert Beste on November 28, 2008; son, Duane Beste on March 18, 1969; grandson, Jeffrey Jenc on November 2, 1989; sisters and brothers-in-law, Erva (Ernie) Jensen, Shirley (Ken) Brodsky, and Audrey (Lowell) Collins; brother, Wayne Olson; and brothers-in-law, Howard Beste, Gene Stabe, and Mervin Jensen.