Pastor Mary Elizabeth Albing was born in Windom, Minnesota, to Marcus and Sylvia Frederickson. She has three brothers and two sisters: David Frederickson of Hampton, Virginia; Steven Frederickson of Fayetteville, North Carolina; James Frederickson of Richland, Washington; Ruth Wilke of Norfolk, Nebraska; and Lois Anderson of Windom, Minnesota. She was married to Robert Albing, September 17, 1983. She has two children, Daniel Marcus, four years old; and Hannah Elizabeth, two years old.
Mary graduated from Windom Area High School in 1973. She attended Augustana College in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, and received her B. A. from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1978. She taught music in public schools in Horicon, Wisconsin, and Phoenix, Oregon
Mary was baptized and confirmed at Delafield Lutheran Church near Heron Lake, Minnesota. She was active in each church she attended after graduating from high school, singing in and directing adult and children's choirs, as volunteer and paid church secretary, liturgist and as Sunday School and VBS teacher. She enrolled at Luther Northwestern Seminary in 1983, and received her Masters of Divinity Degree in November 1988. Her year of internship was served at Our Savior’s Lutheran church in South Minneapolis, and she was ordained there December 18, 1988. Mary and Bob have been called to serve as co-pastors at Trinity Lutheran Parish of Hannaford, North Dakota. The parish consists of three congregations: Eidfjord and Union of Hannaford, and St. Olaf of Walum. They also serve Faith of Hannaford and Mabel of Sutton.
Source: Hannaford Area History North Dakota Centennial 1889 - 1989 Page 79