Adell Lium

Adell Rae Guidinger Lium, 70, beloved wife and life partner, mother, sister, gMa and friend to many,

passed away peacefully at home in Mansfield TX Sunday August 11, 2013.

MEMORIALS: In lieu of flowers the family suggests that memorials honoring Adell's life be made to

www.Parkinsonresearchfoundation.org or www.galactosemia.org .

Adell was born in Kenmare, ND to Lyle and Muriel Guidinger. The family moved to Minot in 1951. She

attended Longfellow grade school and Minot Model transferring to Minot Junior and Senior High,

graduating in 1960. She received a teaching degree from Minot State College in 1964 and taught at the

Minot Air Force Base and in the East Grand Forks School system. Later in life she taught in the

Ellensburg, WA school system.

She married Lawrence H. Lium, August 1, 1964 in Minot. They have a son Joel, born in Minot in 1967,

and a daughter, Alison, born in Louisville KY in 1971.

Following in her husband's career in higher education, she lived in Hanover, IN, Jacksonville, FL,

Norman OK, and Ellensburg, WA. They both retired in 2005 and moved to Mansfield to be near their son,

daughter and granddaughter.

Adell was a blessing and inspiration to all who knew her. She has many lifelong friends from every place

the Lium's called home. She was always there when the family needed her and was the most loving and

caring wife, mother and grandmother. With her selfless attitude she always put others ahead of herself.

Adell never wanted people to go out of their way for her. Yet, she did it all of the time for others.

Some of her loves and interests included cooking, gardening, reading and games with family and

friends. Even at the very end, she was holding her own and often beating many friends playing "Words

with Friends" online. While in Washington State the family was fortunate enough to have many sailing

vacations in the San Juan Islands which she truly loved.

Throughout life Adell always had a mild, sweet yet decisive temperament that made her a joy to be

around even in the toughest situations. Her amazing strength was shown most clearly by enduring

almost three years of chemo treatments and three operations without any complaint that one would know

about. Decisive to the end she made decisions that the family agreed with but could not make

themselves. Adell was a remarkable woman who most likely never realized how many, many people she

has had an impact on in her lifetime.

Adell was preceded in death by her father in 1962 and her mother in 2004.

SURVIVORS: Husband, Lawrence (Larry) Lium: son, Joel; daughter, Alison and husband Ron

Mendelsohn and granddaughter, Laurin Mendelsohn; brother Don Guidinger and wife Linda; and

brother Loren Guidinger and wife Cheryl.