Mary Angell Wold

Mary Angell Wold, aged 92, passed away peacefully on December 5, 2024, in Santa Barbara, California.

Born on September 10, 1932, in St. Paul, Minnesota, to Frank Moore Angell and Marjorie Jewell, Mary experienced a unique and adventurous childhood. After her father's passing when she was five, she lived with her maternal grandmother in Rhinelander, Wisconsin. She often reminisced about her 'Tom Sawyer' lifestyle there, walking through woods and over train tracks to school in freezing temperatures. At 13, Mary returned to St. Paul to live with her mother and later graduated from St. Catherine's College.

Mary began her career as a flight attendant with Northwest Airlines, where she met Robert Norman Wold. They married in the late 1950s and raised four children: Robert John, Peter Albert, Margaret Mary, and Molly Marie. In 1965, the family settled in Brentwood, Los Angeles. Though Mary and Robert eventually divorced, they both remained in the area for many years before Mary moved to Santa Barbara in 2013.

Active in her community, Mary was involved with St. Martin's of Tours Catholic Church and Bellagio Elementary School. She also worked with the Asthma and Allergy Foundation before pursuing a graduate degree in educational psychology at Cal State Northridge. As a licensed Marriage, Family, and Child Counselor, she dedicated herself to helping others through her work at the Didi Hirsch clinic in Los Angeles.

Mary loved traveling and embarked on remarkable adventures worldwide-from 1980s China, to a safari in Kenya, to exploring the Amazon rainforest under starry skies. She cherished summers by the St. Croix River and snowy Minnesota winters but found her true home in California's mild climate.

Mary is survived by her daughters Margaret Wold-Sackey and Molly Seidel; six grandchildren: Sterling Sackey, Erika Seidel, Brooke Seidel, Vince Sackey, Chase Seidel, and Isabella Sackey. Her sons Robert John and Peter Albert predeceased her, as did her ex-husband Robert Norman Wold.

Mary Angell Wold will be remembered for her strength and unwavering presence in her grandchildren's lives. May her memory bring comfort to all who knew her.