Do to pending inclement weather, the Memorial Liturgy for Mary Ann Boutain has been re-scheduled for 1:00 p.m. Thursday, February 24, 2022 in the Historic Norman Funeral Home Chapel.

Maryann Boutain , 83, of Grand Forks, ND and formerly of Crookston, MN, Fargo, ND, Detroit Lakes, MN, and Reynolds, ND passed away Monday, February 7, 2022, at Altru Hospital in Grand Forks, due to complications from Phenomena.

Marryann Breidenbach was born on August 16, 1938, in Reynolds, ND the daughter of Leo and Elizabeth (Linneman) Breidenbach.  She was raised in Reynolds where she attended country school and graduated from Reynolds High School.  She went on to receive an associate degree in accounting.  Mary Ann met and fell in love with Marvin Boutain and they were married in Crookston, MN.

Maryann was a hard-working and independent person.  She had a long-established career employed as an accountant with the Cargill Corporation in West Fargo, ND.  She took great pride in her many years of service with Cargill and her hard work paid off by being able to retire at a young age.  She was a feisty and industrious woman. From making rugs out of tires to sewing blankets and cloths, she was a creative person that could make anything she decided she wanted to make. Finding a good deal at a thrift store would make her day.  Cooking was one of her joys. Her favorite meal to prepare was homemade vegetable beef soup.  However, one of her favorite foods to eat was liver and onions.  She enjoyed dancing, reading and fishing.  She LOVED her dogs.  They could do no wrong.

Maryann was only 38 when she lost her husband, Marvin.  She tried to find other love but never found the kind of love she shared with Marvin.  She will be laid to rest next to him at Calvary Cemetery in Warren MN, this spring.

She is survived by her sisters, Donna (Mrs. Bob) Hegland and Eileen (Dan) Grabanski; her brothers, Neil (Joy) Breidenbach and Kenneth (Idey) Breidenbach; sisters-in-law, Judy (Mrs. Anthony) Anderson and Gladys Tolefson and Marie (Mrs. Bernie) Breidenbach; nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Marvin; brothers, Bernard Breidenbach and Anthony Breidenbach; her in-laws, Bob Hegland, Lilley Lizzote, Alice St. Michael, Alder Boutain, Donald Boutain, Angela Loeslie, Tillie Kropp; nieces and nephews.

Memorial Liturgy: Re-Scheduled for  1:00 p.m. Thursday February 24, 2022, in the Historic Norman Funeral Home Chapel.
Family Greeting: One hour prior to the liturgy in the funeral home on Friday.
Interment: In the spring, at Calvary Cemetery, Warren, MN.