Mary Louise Pridmore

Mary Louise (Holt) Pridmore August 19, 1930-December 25, 2018 Mary Louise “Mimi” Pridmore died Christmas day in Minneapolis, where she had lived since 2013. Mrs. Pridmore was born in Brooklyn, New York, and raised in Indiana, Illinois, and Wisconsin. She graduated from Riverside High School in Milwaukee and received her B.S. in Experimental Foods and Home Economics in 1952 from the University of Wisconsin, where she also served as president of her sorority, Delta Delta Delta. She married John Albrecht in 1952, and the couple raised five children. In 1986, she married Howard J. Pridmore. In 1971, Mrs. Pridmore received the M.A. in English Literature from Michigan State University. After receiving her master’s degree, she taught part time in the Detroit area. She was extensively involved in community service. In the 1960s and 1970s, Mimi served on the St. Dunstan’s Guild, Detroit Planned Parenthood Board of Directors, Women’s Association of the Lansing Symphony Orchestra, parents’ councils at Cranbrook and Brookside schools, and many church committees, among many other activities. Mrs. Pridmore was riveted by the Watergate hearings, and her abiding interest in politics and social justice led her to apply to law school in 1974. She graduated with a J.D. from Wayne State University College of Law in 1977 and served as an Assistant Attorney General from 1977 until her retirement in 1995. She continued her volunteer activities, serving on the Village Club Foundation, Mariners’ Inn Board of Directors, and as a poll worker during elections. She loved to travel and visited Great Britain, France, Spain, Italy, and China after retirement. Mimi and Howard enjoyed golfing and swimming at their condominiums outside of Gaylord and in Fort Pierce, Florida. Mrs. Pridmore was preceded in death by her husband, Howard, and by her daughter, Lyn Albrecht. She is survived by her children, Catherine Albrecht (Michael Romary), Jeffrey Albrecht, Susan Albrecht, and David (Cheryl) Albrecht, and by her stepchildren, Peter (Karen) Pridmore and Susan Pridmore (David Paczos). Mrs. Pridmore is also survived by eleven grandchildren—Emily Albrecht, Julia Albrecht, Rebecca Albrecht, Esther Klingbiel, Julian Klingbiel, Katrina Albrecht, Henry Albrecht, Laura (Chris) Geiger, Sara Pridmore, Max Wassmann, and Sam Wassmann—and by her sister, Kathryn Holt of Portland, Oregon, and her brother, Richard Holt, of Fredonia, Wisconsin. Mimi brought joy to her family and friends. She was dearly loved and will be greatly missed. The family would particularly like to thank her caregivers in Minneapolis for their loving care in the final months of her life. In lieu flowers, memorial donations may be made to All Saints’ Episcopal Church, P.O. Box 430357 Pontiac, MI 48343 or to The Village Club Foundation, 190 East Long Lake, Bloomfield Hills, MI 48304. A memorial service will be held at All Saints’ Episcopal Church, 171 W. Pike Street, Pontiac, MI at 1 pm on Saturday, February 2, 2019.

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Mary Louise Pridmore

August 19, 1930 - December 25, 2018

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Mary Louise Pridmore

August 19, 1930 - December 25, 2018

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