Mary Ann Barbara Pockrandt

Mary Ann Barbara Pockrandt September 13th, 1932--September 8th, 2023 Minneapolis, Minnesota Mary Ann Barbara Pockrandt age 90, of Minneapolis, passed away on Friday September 8th, 2023 at her living facility. Mary Ann Barbara (Olson) Pockrandt , born September 13th,1932 , resided in South Minneapolis, daughter of John Oscar Olson and Mary Vart (Gordon) Olson. After graduating from Roosevelt high school in South Minneapolis, she furthered her education in the field of the arts, which included the following, Minneapolis College of Art and Design, with a degree, Atelier Lack School of Arts and Brown Institute College, completing all with accolades. Some of Mary Ann's loves in life along with family, were art, nature, horses, dogs, and cats. She frequently portrayed many subjects including still life objects where they were skillfully done in oils, pastels, charcoal, watercolor, etc. Truly a visionary of the worlds colors, shapes, shadows, texture, lights of dawn, midday, dusk, and other realms of portrayal which surrounded her world. Mary Ann Married at 20 years of age to Lamar Leon Pockrandt. They met while she was a secretary at Broughton Printing company. When she first met Lamar they decided on having a family, a farm, careers in art and Lamar in the field of printing as a press operator in the graphics industry, secondly, the field Ferrier science, tending to the needs of hoofed animals. Mary Ann's family included two girls and a boy. She participated in her daughter's interests in etiquette and professional modeling. Lamar participated in their sons interests in motocross and in hockey, there son showed strong skill levels in the vocational arts of mechanics, construction and Ferrier science following in his fathers footsteps. Mary Ann's busy lifestyle was punctuated with participating in a mother and daughter beauty pageant in Florida in the 1980's. The Pockrandt family were instrumental founders of the Morgan Horse Breeders Association, which well suited their families ownership of an 18 acre horse farm in Watertown, MN, during the course of their married lives. The farm enabled raising their 3 children in a healthy environment, with grounded social values and the lifestyle that it included. In the twilight of her later years she was afflicted with Dementia and required a 24 hour level of care where she lived out her final days. Survivors include daughter Dawn, husband Michael Mykulak ; Grandson Ryan, wife Tricia Kusske, Great- Grandchildren, Jordon and Colton Kusske. She is preceded in death by her parents John Olson and Mary ( Gordon)Olson, brothers John Olson, Robert Olson and Donald Olson ; her son Glenn Philip Pockrandt ; her Daughter Cheryl Renee Anderson; and Lamar Leon Pockrandt . A memorial service will be held on September 26, 2023, 10 a.m. at Lakewood Cemetery, 3600 Hennepin Ave South Minneapolis, Mn.

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Mary Ann Barbara Pockrandt

September 13, 1932 - September 8, 2023

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Mary Ann Barbara Pockrandt

September 13, 1932 - September 8, 2023

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