Mary Lou Durfee

ALMO – Mary Lou Andreasen Durfee, 78, of Almo, passed away Monday, May 15, 2017, at her home in Almo.

Mary Lou Andreasen was born April 3, 1939, in Burley, Idaho, the daughter of Jens Elmer Andreasen and Mabel Blanche Hansen Andreasen. She grew up in the View area and attended Overland and Southwest elementary schools. She graduated from Burley High School, the class of 1957, then married Curtis Lee Durfee, in 1959, in the Idaho Falls, Idaho LDS Temple. The couple settled in Almo, Idaho, where they raised their family.

Mary Lou was an active member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. She loved music and was an accomplished pianist and organist. Mary Lou taught music lessons to many children in the surrounding communities. She served in the church as ward organist and chorister, and also in the Relief Society. She played for weddings and funerals, and she accompanied grade-school plays.

Mary Lou is survived by her husband, Curtis; children, Jule (Matt) Wadsworth of Panaca, Nev., Jeanette (Mark) Babbitt of Oakley, Idaho, Kathleen Durfee of Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, Myron (Caroline) Durfee of Whitman, Neb., Lorin (Teresa) Durfee of Almo, Idaho; 18 grandchildren; six great-grandchildren; and brothers, Rodney (Karen) Andreasen of Burley, Idaho, and Fred (Kathy) Andreasen of Brigham City, Utah.

She was preceded in death by her parents; her sister, Lorraine Anderson; her nephews, Gary and DeLayne Anderson; and her two sons, Alan Durfee, and a stillborn baby boy.

The funeral will be held at 11 a.m. Tuesday, May 23, at the Almo LDS Church, with Bishop Jason Tracy officiating. Burial will follow at Sunny Cedar Rest in Almo.

Viewings will be held from 6 until 8 p.m. Monday, May 22, and from 10 until 10:45 a.m. Tuesday, both at the Almo Church.

Funeral services are under the direction of the Rasmussen Funeral Home of Burley.