Mary Jo Leibfried, 64, of Rochester, died Sunday morning, Aug. 5, 2012, at St. Mary’s Hospital.

She was born Aug. 20, 1947, in Austin, to Lloyd Andrew and Norma Jean (Fuller) Dalager. She graduated from Austin High School in 1965 and then moved to Rochester, where she worked in food service at school and Channel One. She married Wayne “Tiny” Leibfried in Spring Valley. The couple lived in the Rochester area. Tiny died Sept. 8, 2005. After Tiny’s death, Mary Jo continued to live in the Rochester area and work in food service. A member of Salem Road Covenant Church in Rochester, Mary enjoyed crafts, making jewelry, and baking.

Survivors include her daughter Melissa ‘Missy’ Leibfried of Owatonna; long-time friend Clarence Schroeder of Rochester; brothers and sisters Ed (Dea) Erickson of Denver; Gloria (Mark) Markkula of Hayward; John (Bonnie) Dalager of Austin; Judy (Harry) Wangen of Hayward; Pam (Steve) Bjoraker of Golden Valley; Paul (Misty) Erickson of Reno, Nev.; Cindy (Jack) Cottrell of Oakland; Dan Dalager of Austin; brothers-in-law and sisters-in-law Lloyd (Terry) Leibfried and Kenneth (Gayle) Leibfried, all of Spring Valley; Ed (Barb) Leibfried of Racine; Cece (Jerry) McCloud of Brownsdale; and Kathy Klaes of Arizona. She was preceded in death by her parents Lloyd and Norma Jean, her husband Tiny, and her daughter Tammy Leibfried.

Funeral services will be held at 1:30 p.m. Friday, Aug. 10, 2012, at the Worlein Funeral Home Chapel in Austin with Todd Portinga, AIM of St. Olaf Lutheran Church officiating. Visitation will take place from 5 to 7 p.m. on Thursday at Worlein Funeral Home in Austin, and one hour prior to the service at the funeral home on Friday. Interment will be in St. Ignatius Catholic Cemetery, Spring Valley, with Pastor Mark Evinger of Salem Road Covenant Church officiating. Condolences may be expressed to the family online at www.worlein.com.