Mary Ann McClellan
Mary Ann “Duffy” McClellan, 90, of Bella Vista, Ark., formerly a longtime resident of Hibbing,
Minn., died
Friday, Sept.
10, 2021, in the Fairview
Range Medical Center in Hibbing.
She was born Jan. 7, 1931, in Fairmont, Minn., to Roy and Gertrude (VanBrunt) Nugent; was a graduate of Bemidji High School and attended the Abbott Northwestern School of Nursing. She married John A. “Jack” McClellan on July 13, 1952, in Puposky, Minn. They lived in Hibbing, moved to Swan Lake in 1991, and retired to Bella Vista in 2016. She was a homemaker and worked for Calico Cat for several years. She was a seamstress, a volunteer at the Bella Vista Library, and enjoyed playing cribbage and board games, and cooking. She was a member of the Presbyterian Church in Bella Vista.
She was preceded in death by her parents; son, Tim McClellan; and sister, Katherine Clark.
She is survived by her husband of 69 years, Jack McClellan; children, Kathleen (Ken) Simberg of Andover, Ann (Dan) Moberg of Hibbing, Tom (Kris) McClellan of Hibbing, Linda (John) Lager of Rochester; daughterin-law, Hope Renskers of Hibbing; brother, Patrick Nugent of Maitland, Fla.; and 16 grandchildren.
A gathering was held Saturday, Sept. 25, 2021, at Anderson-Daniels, a Bauman Family Funeral Home in Hibbing, followed by a private famile service. Plans for a memorial service in Bella Vista are pending. Inurnment in the Hibbing Park - Maple Hill Cemetery will take place at a later date.
Memorials are preferred and will be donated to the Bella Vista Library.
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Family services provided by Anderson-Daniels, a Bauman Family Funeral Home in Hibbing.