Mary Elizabeth (Shannon) Traeger, 87, of Forsyth, MO

It is with deep sorrow that we announce the death of Mrs. Mary Elizabeth (Shannon) Traeger, 87, of Forsyth, MO, who passed on Tuesday, August 3, 2021 in Forsyth. Services will be on Monday, August 9, 2021 in Our Lady of the Ozarks Catholic Church in Forsyth. Visitation will start at 9:00 A.M. and Funeral Mass will be held at 10:00 A.M. Graveside service will follow at 2:00 P.M. in the Missouri Veterans Cemetery, Springfield.

Mary Traeger was born on Sunday, May 6, 1934 to Edward James and Elizabeth Ellen (McConville) Shannon in Minneapolis, MN. Mary Attended Holy Angels Academy and graduated in 1952. After high school, Mary went on to college and attended the University of Minnesota and graduated with a Bachelors degree in 1956. She married Stanley Traeger Jr. in 1958 and from that union they had four children. Mary spent her working career as an Executive Administrative Secretary and retired from Cal State Fullerton College in 1995. Mary was very active all of her life in the Pro Life Movement.

She is survived by her husband, Stanley Traeger Jr. of Forsyth, MO; her children, Timothy of Rosemount, MN, Robert of Andover, MN, Gregory of Corona, CA, and Kathleen Bauman of Cedar Park, TX; daughters in-law, Christine, and Jodi; one son in-law, Greg; eleven grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.

She is preceded in death by her parents, Edward and Elizabeth Shannon; two brothers, Richard and Bob Shannon; one daughter in-law, Patty.

Mary was so proud of her wonderful family and loved each one very much.

Arrangements are under the direction of the Kissee-Schofield-Eakins Funeral Home, Forsyth, MO.