Article archive / March 1, 2016
Originally published: . Volume 7, No. 3. Source pages: 15.
Dr. Mary Ellen Matthews died on April 11, 2015, having moved to New Orleans in 2014 where she was able to spend some “long- awaited quality time” with her two beloved granddaughters. She was born on September 14, 1948.
Dr. Matthews was born in St. Paul, Minnesota, graduated in French and spent time in Nice, France, where friends and family say she learned to be a phenomenal baker and cook. After raising two children she returned to school and earned her PhD in clinical psychology from the University of North Dakota. She worked for many years in both private practice and in the community, retiring from Steven’s Community Medical Center in Morris, Minnesota, in 2014. She was licensed in Louisiana in May 2014.
Memorial writers say that “Princess dresses were sewn, flowers were planted, cookies were made, and a Mardi Gras was experienced before her sudden passing on April 11.”
Friends and family note that Mary Ellen will be remembered for her fantastic sense of humor, intelligence, independence, capable and creative hands, and most of all, her kindness.
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