Mary Rebecca Hiebert

Mary Rebecca Hiebert August 25, 1929 to July 22, 2024 Mary Rebecca Hiebert passed into the arms of her Lord and Savior Jesus Christ on July 22 at the age of 94. Mary lived a full life devoted to the Lord and will be very missed on this side of Heaven. She was born in Hannaford, North Dakota to Harvey and Mabel Benson, August 25, 1929. Growing up in the Great Depression was difficult, and the family’s problems were compounded by the death of her father when Mary was just 10 years old. Mary’s mother, Mabel, was industrious and started a chicken hatchery to support the family during the difficult economic times. Mary attended grade school in Hannaford and graduated from Oak Grove High School in Fargo, North Dakota. Mary’s life changed forever when she became a born-again believer in Jesus Christ as a teenager at a summer Bible camp. After high school Mary enrolled at Prairie Bible Institute in Three Hills, Alberta and it was there that she met the love of her life, Harry Hiebert – a man with a matched passion like hers for the Lord. They married in 1954 in Hannaford and honeymooned throughout the western U.S. In 1955, Harry took a job as an electrician in northern British Columbia in the remote village of Kitimat. Their first two children, Pam and Randy, were born here. Soon after, they moved to Seattle, where Harry was manager of a Christian radio station at Kings Garden. In 1960, the family settled in Great Falls, Montana, where Jim and Gregg were born. Mary and Harry raised their family for the next 19 years in Great Falls and helped to found Emmanual Bible Church. In Great Falls, Mary worked alongside Harry to run the family’s print shop. After a thirteen year stay in Monrovia, California from 1979 to 1992, Mary and Harry retired in Lake Havasu, Arizona where they faithfully attended Bethany Bible Church. Mary moved to Butte, Montana in 2018 after the death of her beloved husband in 2014. In Butte, she lived at Big Sky Senior Living and made friends with everyone she met. She died surrounded by family and friends in Butte, Montana. Mary Hiebert was a woman who lived her life with passion and love for God and everyone around her. She was cherished by all who had the pleasure to know her in this life- whether a church friend in need in Lake Havasu, or a co-resident at Big Sky needing an encouraging word, or a child in need of a Sunday school or piano lesson. She was truly a one-of-a-kind person who could love without reserve and pray for her enemies (we are unsure she had any). It will indeed be said of her “Well done, My good and faithful servant” at the gates of Heaven, and she may humbly try not to accept the compliment. Those she leaves behind greatly mourn the loss of her beautiful soul, but we are overjoyed she is finally at rest in the arms of her Savior. Mary was preceded in death by her husband, Harry Hiebert, her parents, Harvey and Mabel Benson, her brothers, Arvid, Homer, and Richard and her sisters Dorothy, Geraldine, and Ruth. She is survived by her four children: Pam (Tom) Bozeman, Randy (Kathy) Hiebert, Jim (Sheryl) Hiebert, and Gregg (Marina) Hiebert. She is also survived by numerous loving grandchildren: Jared (Adria), Lauren (Matt), Wesley, Michelle (Avery), Joel, Nathan, Justine (Gary), Ryan, Victor, Sammy (Michelle), Kyle (Ellex) ; and even three great-grandchildren: Faith, Thorin, and Oliver. In lieu of flowers, please consider a memorial donation to the Gideons International to purchase Bibles to be shared in Mary’s honor.

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Mary Rebecca Hiebert

August 25, 1929 - July 22, 2024