Obituary of Mary Sarah Wright

Mary Sethre Wright March 18, 1936 – February 1, 2021 Mary Sethre Wright, 84, of Lake Havasu, AZ lost her battle with COVID-19 on 2/1/2021. She died peacefully with her daughters by her side. Mary will be remembered by family and friends around the world for having tremendous generosity, an adventurous spirit, being an amazing cook, having an enormous love for her family, a devoted daughter, loyal friend, endless creativity, an infectious laugh, a competitive spirit, loyalty to all she knew and her deep love of her Savior Jesus Christ. Mary was born in Stillwater, MN where she graduated high school and went on to be the first from her family to graduate college, Iowa State College. In 1960 she quit her interior design position and traveled Europe with three close friends for several months where she had amazing adventures. She spent her career at General Mills where she was a senior food stylist, recipe developer, commercial production member, and friend of Betty Crocker. She was married to Donald Sethre who passed in 1994. She married Willis Wright in 1996 who became the light of her life. We all know she’s up dancing with Will right now in heaven. She loved entertaining, cooking, cocktail parties, golf and lunching after, winning card games, decorating for Christmas and giving the best gifts ever. She will be dearly missed by her family and friends. She was preceded into death by her parents Gene and Irene Wright, brother Gene David and sister-in-law Ruth Wright, husbands Donald Sethre and Willis Wright, and son-in-law Rev. Michael Nirva. She is survived by her daughters Lisa Sethre Nirva and Jennifer Sethre-Brink, son-in-law Loren Brink, and seven grandchildren: Noelle, Kajsa, Lily, Shea, Christian, Emily, Sarah, and several nieces, and nephews. A private family Celebration of Life service will be held at the Lietz-Fraze Funeral Home in Lake Havasu on February 10, 2021, at 10:30 am MT. It will be streamed on Facebook at facebook.com/lisa.nirva As a supporter of Alzheimer’s research, memorials can be sent to Regions Hospital Foundation in her name benefitting the research at Health Partners Center for Memory and Aging, attention Dr. William Frey, 640 Jackson Street, St. Paul, MN, 55101. Mary will be loved and remembered forever. The family also respectfully asks for people to wear their masks and follow safety protocols to prevent more untimely deaths.