Mavis Yvonne Overby, 89, passed away at CHI St Alexis hospital in Devils Lake, ND, on Sep. 21, 2025.

Mavis was born July 20,1936, in North Viking Township in Benson County, ND to Melvin and Olga (Ness) Hjelden. She attended a country school and Minnewaukan High School. She married Darrell Lee Burdick March 6, 1953, and they had two daughters, Sandra and Debra. After Darrell died in 1954, Mavis continued raising her daughters in Minnewaukan and working at a local restaurant. She married Glenn Evan Overby Feb. 1,1958, in Minnewaukan and they made their home on the Bisbee, ND, farm where he had been working with his uncle, Jacob ‘Jake’ Lee.

Adding to their family, Mavis and Glenn also raised their children Paul, Daniel, Steven and Trudy. Mavis, together with her husband, enjoyed attending t

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