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Collection: FND001 - SHSND Foundation - North Dakota Heritage Family Memorial Program
Series: Tribute
Folder: DIG
Item: 271977
Title: Mary P. Mackrill
Date: 10/25/1921-2/21/2021
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Inscription/Marks: 10/25/1921
Summary: Mary Phyllis Mackrill of Edgewood Senior Living, Jamestown, ND, and formerly of Annandale, VA, passed away February 21, 2021, at the age of 99.  She was being cared for by Hospice following a fall which caused multiple fractures and a brain bleed. A funeral service was held March 11, 2021, at St. Mark Catholic Church, Vienna, VA. Burial was at the Quantico National Cemetery, Quantico, VA. Phyllis was born October 25, 1921, to Harry, Sr. and Katherine Umstot of Cumberland, MD. She spent her childhood in Cumberland as well as in Keyser, WV, on the opposite side of the mountain. She attended and graduated from the Ursuline Academy an all girls Catholic school in 1941.  While growing up, she learned to work in her parents’ grocery store which she helped manage throughout high school. Phyllis’ father passed away while she and her brother, Harry Jr. and sister Elvera were still young children. Although her father’s death created many hardships for the family, they persevered and maintained the grocery store above which they made their home. Phyllis had an otherwise very happy childhood. She developed many skills, hobbies, and talents including piano, tap and ballet dance, and became exceptionally good at drawing and oil painting. During WWII Phyllis worked as an inspector at two local defense plants: one where life rafts were produced for the US Navy, as well as in an ammunition factory on a .50 Browning production line.  During this time Phyllis met the love of her life at a USO dance. Judson F. Mackrill was a young Navy radio operator on leave between Atlantic mission voyages. They married December 2, 1944, at St. Patrick’s Cathedral in New York City.   Phyllis and Judson raised two sons, Dennis and Gary. They made their home in Annandale, VA where Phyllis made a beautiful home for the family while Judson worked for the Department of the Army and the Pentagon. Phyllis spent much of her free time volunteering at her sons’ school, Glen Forest Elementary, working as a cafeteria cashier. She was also a member of the Seaton Guild through the Catholic Church. This was an organization financially supporting unwed mothers and their children. Phyllis was an avid scrapbooker, collecting numerous magazine and newspaper stories relating to WWII up through the 1990s. She loved to paint, collect antiques and porcelain figurines, and upon retirement, she loved to travel.  The couple traveled to all 50 states, mostly in their camper. They spent several winters at Lake Okeechobee, FL, and one summer drove all over Alaska. However, most summers were spent in North Dakota enjoying time with their son Gary, daughter-in-law Linda, and grandchildren. Virginia was always home though. Phyllis dearly loved her home and yard. She especially enjoyed her flowers and dozens of dogwood trees and azalea bushes. Cardinals were her absolute favorite bird and she had names for most which frequented their yard. Phyllis’s family friends and acquaintances can take solace in knowing that after many years of declining health, she is now at peace with God. She will be buried beside her beloved husband of over 73 years at Quantico National Cemetery, VA. Phyllis survived by son, Gary Mackrill and wife Linda, Cathay, ND; grandson, Judson D. Mackrill (Kimberly) Mt. Pleasant, SC; granddaughters, Melinda, Cathay, and Amanda (Thomas) Herron, Rock Port, MO; as well as her beloved great-grandchildren, Gideon, Piper, Greer, Simeon, Belle, and Truman. She was preceded in death by her parents; brother, Harry Umstott; sister, Elvera Ruby; son, Dennis Mackrill; and husband, Judson.
Red ID: FND_I_79472 Image ID: 547231 Image Notes: FND001 271977

Collection: FND001 Digitized Images from Collection
Title: SHSND Foundation - North Dakota Heritage Family Memorial Program
Date: -

Summary: The North Dakota Heritage Family Memorial Program is sponsored by the North Dakota Funeral Directors Association. The life stories of deceased North Dakotans are featured in an archvied collection. Current partners in the project are Eastgate Funeral & Cremation Services, Bismarck Evans Funeral Homes, Carrington and New Rockford Everson-Coughlin Funeral Home, Williston Fulkerson Funeral Home, Tioga Fulkerson Funeral Home, Watford City Fulkerson Stevenson Funeral Home, Williston Nero Funeral Home, Bottineau Parkway Funeral Service, Bismarck Springan Stevenson Funeral Home, Stanley Stevenson Funeral Home, Dickinson These funeral homes provide recent obituaries to the Foundation, where staff and volunteers format, edit and archive each memorial. The memorials are posted, and copies are sent to the family for their input and approval. The listing currently features more than 13,000 memorials, and is constantly updated as new memorials and histories are received.

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