Mary Ann Mammel was born March 15, 1927, to John and Katie (Koza) Holupka on a farm in the Dante, SD, area. She attended grade school and assisted with the farming. After her three brothers entered the service she and her parents moved to Tyndall, SD. Mary attended high school and worked in several cafes in Tyndall. She graduated high school in 1947. She married Willard "Bill" Mammel in July 1947. Mary worked several years at the Ford Garage in Tyndall. Mary and Bill moved to North Sioux City where she worked in a bank . They moved to Rapid City and she also worked for many years in the bank. After she retired Mary and Hatley; friends, Rich Larson and Dan Carda; and many other nieces, nephews.Bill enjoyed traveling in their motor home. They also did some farming in the Piedmont area. They became close friends of Brad, Mona and Rich. Mary enjoyed playing cards, fishing, hunting, snowmobiling and all kinds of handy work. With failing health Mary moved in May 2011 to Fountain Springs Health Care in Rapid City. Mary passed away March 28, 2015, at Fountain Springs. She is survived by her husband, Bill; sister-in-law, Audrey Holupka, Tyndall; nieces, Patricia (Marlin) Holzwarth, Freeman, Michaeline (Roger) Forland, Rochester, MN, and Doreen Holupka, Hamden, CT; nephews, Frank and Eddie Holupka, Hamden; Bill's aunt, Pat Zimmerman, MN; special neighbors, Brad Hatley Presho, SD, area. In 1993, they moved to their retirement home in the and Mona Mary was preceded in death by her parents; three brothers, Frank, John and Joe; and a sister in infancy. Entombment of her ashes will be at 9 a.m. today at Black Hills National Cemetery near Sturgis.