Mary Catherine Tesmer was 34 when she died at her home in rural Zumbro Falls, Minnesota, on July 5, 2020. Born September 21, 1985, in Rochester to Catherine and David Tesmer, she grew up in the Zumbro Falls area and attended Zumbrota-Mazeppa High School before studying Chemistry at the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse and the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis.

Mary worked locally as a waitress and cook at the Zumbro Falls Golf Course and Delila’s Café & Catering and as a Dairy Maid for the Kevin Funk Farm. She had varied interests — gardening, art, homeopathic medicine — and pursued hobbies such as raising honey bees and riding her motorcycle.

If anyone knew Mary, her routines, or has information about events in Zumbro Falls around July 5, 2020, please share what you know.