Mary Louise Spooner

1897 - 2003  (106 years)

• Name	Mary Louise Spooner  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12]
  Birth	15 May 1897	Fairbault, Wells Township, Rice, Minnesota, USA   [2, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12]
  		Montana, County Marriages, 1865-1987
  		Mary Louise Spooner Brith Record
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  Gender	Female
  FSID	KZGT-WG3
  Residence	15 May 1897	Rice, Minnesota, United States   [11]
  Residence	1900	Wells, Rice, Minnesota   [1, 11]
  	1900 Federal Census
  Residence	1910	Cannon City, Rice, Minnesota   [1]
  Residence	1930	Shelby, Toole, Montana   [1]
  Residence	1932	Great Falls, Cascade, Montana   [1]
  Residence	1935	Great Falls, Cascade, Montana   [1, 11]
  	1940 Federal Census
  Residence	1940	Great Falls, Cascade, Montana   [1, 11]
  	1940 Federal Census
  Residence	1954	Great Falls, Cascade, Montana   [1]
  Death	10 Dec 2003	Great Falls, Cascade, Montana   [1, 8, 10, 11, 12]
  Burial	13 Dec 2003	Great Falls, Cascade, Montana   [1, 10, 11]
  	Great Falls Tribune on Fri, 12 Dec 2003: She was born in Faribault, MN and grew up on the family farm. Graduated from Bethlehem Academy in Faribault. Family moved to the Chester-Joplin, MT area to homestead. She worked as a phone operator and hotel clerk in Joplin. Married on 15 May 1923 in Great Falls, MT. Was a notary public, worked for her husband in his accounting practice. They had no children of their own, but she helped out at the St Thomas Orphanage in Great Falls during the 1940s. She was preceded in death by her husband, Carl in 1969; her parents Cyprian and Mary Spooner; a sister, Julia, and brothers, Joseph, Benjamin, Thomas and Alphonse Mount Olivet Cemetery
  		Mary Louise Brug (Nee Spooner) Headstone
  		81065437_132237345333
  Person ID	I1395	Perchinske Strohmeyer Tree
  Last Modified	5 Aug 2025

  
  

  Father	Cyprien SPOONER,   b. 4 Dec 1867, St. Jean, Quebec, Canada d. 25 Sep 1915, Chester, Liberty, Montana, United States (Age 47 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Mary Bernadette HARRIS,   b. 10 Feb 1867, Faribault, Rice, Minnesota, United States d. 5 Apr 1944, Great Falls, Cascade, Montana, United States (Age 77 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Family ID	F1143	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Carl Frank Brug,   b. 27 Nov 1892, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio d. 20 Oct 1969, Great Falls, Cascade, Montana (Age 76 years)
  Marriage	15 May 1923	Great Falls, Cascade, Montana   [11]
  		Montana, County Marriages, 1865-1987
  		Carl Brug and Mary Louise Spooner marriage certificate
  Age at Marriage	She : 26 years - He : 30 years and 6 months.
  Family ID	F468	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	5 Aug 2025

  
  

• Event Map

  Residence - 1900 - Wells, Rice, Minnesota Residence - 1910 - Cannon City, Rice, Minnesota Marriage - 15 May 1923 - Great Falls, Cascade, Montana Residence - 1930 - Shelby, Toole, Montana Residence - 1932 - Great Falls, Cascade, Montana Residence - 1935 - Great Falls, Cascade, Montana Residence - 1940 - Great Falls, Cascade, Montana Residence - 1954 - Great Falls, Cascade, Montana Death - 10 Dec 2003 - Great Falls, Cascade, Montana Burial - 13 Dec 2003 - Great Falls, Cascade, Montana  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Photos		Carl & Louise Brug
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  Documents » Slide Show		Carl Brug Death Index
  		Carl Brug Death Index
  		Carl Brug Mount Olivet Cemetery Record
  		Carl Brug Cascade County Death Record

  
  

• Sources

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