Mary Marjorie (McCarthy) Lund died in her adopted city of Rochester, Minnesota on November 27, 2022 holding her children’s hands. Born July 7, 1932 to Edell (Sauer) McCarthy and Homer Daniel “H. D.” McCarthy, she was a proud, working class Irish Catholic Saint Paul girl who attended St. Mark’s Catholic Elementary School, St. Joseph’s Academy, and the University of Minnesota, where she received a degree in dental hygiene and met her husband of sixty nine years, Dr. Anthony “Tony” LaVern Lund. They were married on October 24, 1953 at St. Mark’s Catholic Church followed by a reception at The Commodore Hotel.