Mary Ann Nunes
April 2, 1951-June 16, 2023
Sartell
Mary Ann (Terfehr) Nunes died June 16 at her home in Sartell. Her funeral was held June 20 in Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Sauk Rapids. Private burial was at Sacred Heart Catholic Cemetery in Urbank, Minn.
Nunes was born April 2, 1951, in Parkers Prairie, Minn. She attended Sacred Heart Catholic School for grades 1-8 and completed her education at Parkers Prairie High School and then at St. Cloud State University. She worked in the banking industry for six years, the real estate and construction business for two years, and then went on to a career in the title insurance industry culminating in her ownership of Title Professionals and Abstract Co. Nunes worked in the title industry for 38 years insuring many transactions across the nation before her retirement in 2015.
Nunes participated in a number of groups during her working career such as Business Networking International, Zonta, Business for Professional Women, Chamber of Commerce, Faculty Wives and Women Reading Group, Family Counseling Center, Newman Center Adult Choir, and a number of others. She had a life-long commitment to learning and took additional classes through the American Institute of Banking; she participated in numerous seminars and advanced classes by the American Land Title Association relating to title insuring; and advanced classes at St Cloud State University and St. Cloud Technical & Community College in business management.
Hobbies Nunes enjoyed in her lifetime included biking, hiking, canoeing, kayaking, backpacking and flower gardening. She also was a participant in several book clubs throughout the years and loved to read. She was also creative and liked artwork projects and sewing.
Survivors include the following: her husband, Paul Mielke; as well as her siblings Thomas Terfehr (Lisa), Lorraine Hausmann, Lavonne Braunschweig (Charles), Rosalie Hoium (Mark); her stepchildren, Laura Nunes Van Duyne (Jared), and Amber Mielke; and her step-grandchildren Sydney Van Duyne and Sawyer Van Duyne, as well as many nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by the following: her parents, William and Elaine Terfehr; her sister and brother-in-law and nephew, Bernadine and Raymond Schmidt and Bryan Schmidt; her brother, Jerome Terfehr; and her stepson, Peter Nunes.
