Mary Adeline Bakke was born July 7, 1943, to Ivan and Mary Bakke in Duluth, Minnesota. She grew up in Los Angeles and earned a Bachelor's degree from Mount St. Mary’s University, Chalon Campus. Hers was a life devoted to the Sacred Heart of Jesus through service to others. She served in communities in both Nevada and California and, for the past 40 years, as director of Religious Education in the Orange County parishes of St. Polycarp (Stanton) and St. Justin Martyr (Anaheim) from which she retired. Mary remained an active parishioner particularly with her beloved seniors of St. Justin Martyr. She kept track of her friends from all her communities. She kept in touch and was interested in your journey. If you were Mary’s friend, she made you feel like you were her best friend. We have all lost our best friend and she will be missed.
Mary is preceded in death by her parents and her brother, Jack.
