Mary Jane Ledwein

Mankato Mortuary
1001 N. Riverfront Dr.
Mankato, MN 56001
507-388-2202

Mary Jane Ledwein, 96, of Mankato, died on Saturday, July 28, 2018 at Brookdale Senior Living in Mankato.

Mass of Christian Burial will be 11 a.m. on Friday, August 3, 2018 at Holy Rosary Catholic Church, North Mankato. Interment will be at Calvary Cemetery, Mankato.

Visitation will be held at the church for one hour prior to the service on Friday.

Mankato Mortuary is handling the arrangements.

Mary Jane was born March 2, 1922 to Julius and Martha (Phillips) Yokiel in the back of a jewelry store in Minnesota Lake. She graduated from Minnesota Lake High School and attended for a while as a music major at Mankato Teachers College.

She married Donald Ledwein on February 25, 1941 in Minnesota Lake. From this marriage came five children: LaVerne (Judy) Ledwein, Thomas (Ruth) Ledwein, Marlene (David) Veroeven, Michael Ledwein, and Kristine (David) Dinsmore. Also 19 grandchildren; 22 great grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews. She is also survived by one sister, Julliette (Charles) Shamp.

Mary Jane loved  family get togethers and dinners, going out to eat, Perpetual Praying of the Rosary, shopping, playing cards, cleaning her 200 pairs of socks, baking 100’s of anise Christmas cookies with her family and sister, Julliette. She constantly was praying for others. She never forgot a birthday card for family and friends. Mary Jane sang in the Mankato Messiah Choir also. She wrote and appreciated poetry. Mary Jane was a pianist for Degree of Honor and played organ for Holy Rosary Catholic Church. Mary Jane was a Catholic Daughter for 50 years and a Eucharistic Minister for 16 years. She was an avid card player all her life.

Mary Jane was always a care taker – for her children and then her father and last her husband for 18 ½ years.

She was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Donald; brother, Robert (Bonnie) Yokiel; son, Thomas Ledwein; grandsons, Barry Ledwein and John Veroeven; and infant great grandson, Jacob Miller.

Special thanks to her great care at Brookdale Senior Living, the assistance of St. Croix Hospice of Mankato, and to Father Paul van de Crommert of Holy Rosary Catholic Church for his visits, guidance, and blessings on our mother, Mary Jane!