Mary E. Quail, age 97, died Saturday, February 7, 2004, at Goodyear, Arizona. Funeral services will be 10:30 A.M. Saturday, February 14, 2004, at First Lutheran Church in Brookings, with interment in Greenwood Cemetery. Visitations are from 4-7 P.M. Friday at Eidsness Funeral Home. In lieu of flowers, the family requests memorials to First Lutheran Church or South Dakota State University. Mary Elizabeth (Telkamp) Quail was born November 15, 1906, at Brookings, South Dakota, to Frank E. and Fannie (Fabrick) Telkamp. She grew up on the family farm south of Brookings and attended elementary school in Brookings County, graduating from Brookings High School in 1925. She received a county teaching diploma and taught three years in the Argo Township School at White, South Dakota, and the Medary Township School (Sinjem School) in Brookings County. Mary and Calvin W. Quail were married at Flandreau, South Dakota, on July 3, 1928. They were blessed with 63 years of married life. Mary was a life long resident of Brookings. Her life was filled with her love of cooking for family and friends, playing bridge, golf and entertaining at their lake cabin. Mary served on many circle and church boards of First Lutheran Church. She was active in both the Boy and Girl Scout organizations, serving as local area president of the Girl Scouts and the ladies auxiliary of the Brookings Country Club. She belonged to the Eastern Star, and was a long time member of the Roethean Club. Mary and Calvin remained active in their community and church and enjoyed winters in Mesa, Arizona. Following Calvin's death, Mary moved into an assisted living home in Mesa. As her health declined, she moved to a Care center in Goodyear, Arizona. Mary will be lovingly missed by her four children: son Duane, and his wife Harriet of Goodyear, Arizona, daughter Dorothy Hanson of Albuquerque, New Mexico, daughter Janice and her husband Al of Goodyear, Arizona, and son Donald and his wife Janette of Sioux Falls, South Dakota; seven grandchildren and their spouses, Steven (Shirley) and Daniel (Donna) Quail, Jane (David) Scott, Perry (Lana) and Greg (Janine) Peterson and Christopher and Matthew Quail, ten great-grandchildren, Eric, Jeffrey and Paul Quail, Daniel and Kurtis Scott, Zachary and Alexis Quail, Jacob and Nicholas Peterson and Jenni Peterson, along with numerous nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her parents, husband Calvin W. Quail, granddaughter Mary H. Quail and great granddaughter Courtney Quail, three brothers, Vernon, Ernest, and Albert Telkamp, and two sisters, Daisy Biggar and Mina Caldwell. In lieu of flowers, memorials should be directed to First Lutheran Church or South Dakota State University.