A Rite of Christian Burial for Mary Burival, age 88, of O'Neill will be at 11:00 am on Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at Biglin's Mortuary in O'Neill with burial to follow in the O'Neill Cemetery.  Fr. Bernard Starman will officiate.  Visitation will be one hour prior to the service at Biglin's Mortuary in O'Neill.   Mary passed away on Thursday, July 17, 2025 at the Good Samaritan Center in Atkinson.  Memorials may be directed to her family for future designation.  Arrangements are entrusted to Biglin's Mortuary in O'Neill.

Mary Virginia Belzer was born on December 7, 1936 in Opportunity, Nebraska to Carl and Barbara (Mudloff) Belzer.  Mary attended St. Mary's Academy in O'Neill, Nebraska.  She graduated with the class of 1954.  She attended the Upper Iowa University.  After graduation she worked as a secretary and bookkeeper for a loan and finance company.

On June 27, 1956 she married Clifford Burival at the St. Patrick's Catholic Church in O'Neill.  They became the parents of three children.  She went on to work as an active partner in their farming and ranching operation, always working and doing what all farm and ranch wives do.  Mary was a family person; she had a special love for her children and grandchildren.

Mary is survived by her daughter, Deb (Julius) Hipke; sons, Clifford Burival Jr., and Steven Burival; grandsons, Jared and Jacob Hipke all of O'Neill; many nieces and nephews.

She is preceded in death by her parents, Carl and Barbara Mudloff; three sisters; two brothers; and her husband Clifford Burival.