Mary Sue Sudduth

Mary Sue (Knudson) Sudduth and Rich left this life as they lived, together on Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2015, in a tragic car accident.

Mary Sue (Knudson) Sudduth, 68, was born April 20, 1947, in Glasgow, Mont., to Kenneth and Jane Knudson. Raised on a farm northwest of Saco, she graduated from Saco High School in 1965. She attended Billings Business College which prepared her for her work as a legal secretary as well as a medical secretary.

On June 18, 1967, she married Richard Alonzo Sudduth, Jr. in Saco. Their son, Richard Kenneth Sudduth "Richie," was born June 25, 1971.

She was a lifelong member of the Saco Methodist Church, serving as Sunday School Superintendent for many years and organist/pianist up to the time of her death. She would offer her services as a church pianist whenever needed, filling in at the Hinsdale Methodist Church and the Glasgow Methodist Church. When Richie was young, she served as a Cub Scout den mother.

She was a lifetime member of the Rebekah Lodge, in which she held offices at the local lodge as well as at the state level. She served as the state president for the Montana Rebekah Assembly. She served her community in a multitude of ways, whenever there was a need for volunteers. She was always supportive of the activities of her grandchildren, nieces and nephews as well as being a support for family members when needed.

She was preceded in death by her father, Kenneth Knudson; one brother, Kenneth Max Knudson; her father-in-law, Richard Alonzo Sudduth, Sr.; and her mother-in-law, Marion Lucille Sudduth.

Survivors include her mother, Jane Knudson, of Glasgow; one son, Richard Kenneth Sudduth of Saco; two sisters, Connie Schultz and her husband, Jim, of Fort Peck, and Laurinda Knudson and her husband, Oscar, of Billings; three grandchildren, Anthony Sudduth of Hinsdale, Matthew Sudduth of Glasgow, and Kayla Sudduth of Saco; three sisters-in-law, Marcia Covert and her husband, Ray, of San Jose, Calif., Laura "Lolly" Carr-Schade and her husband, Ed, of Colorado Springs, Colo., and Candy Dooper and her husband, Tom, of Lusk, Wyo.; and numerous nieces and nephews.

The Sudduth family received friends on Monday, Oct. 5, from 4-6 p.m. at the Bell Mortuary in Glasgow. Services for Mary Sue and Richard will be Tuesday, Oct. 6, at 11 a.m. at the Saco Gymnasium in Saco, followed by burial at the Saco Cemetery.

Bell Mortuary of Glasgow was in charge of arrangements.