MARY BREDLAU

Mary Bredlau passed away peacefully on June 27, 2026 at Nathan Adelson Hospice in Las Vegas, NV. She was born on July 2, 1945 in Milbank, SD to Jerome & Avelline (Stolpman) Loehrer. She grew up on the family farm, south of Milbank, where she developed a love of agriculture, animals & fixing things with her dad, all while helping her mom with cooking & household tasks, thereby developing her admirable work ethic. She went to parochial school in Rosen, MN, then Mount St. Benedict Academy for high school and entered the convent as a Catholic nun in Crookston, MN on her 18th birthday. She taught elementary and middle school children in Minnesota and Texas during her time as a nun. After 7 years, she left to finish her 4 yr degree in Texas and to have children of her own. She moved to Las Vegas in 1970, met and married Harold Hyman (a police & news reporter for Las Vegas Sun). They had two children. In 1982 re-married, to the love of her life Kurt Bredlau (a Las Vegas City Firefighter) until his passing in 2010. She continued her education, earning a Masters Degree in Divinity and Theology and was ordained an Episcopal priest in 1995. Through her lifetime she was a member of the Association of Death Education and Counseling, Association of Professional Chaplains, and the Clark County Ministerial Association. She fought and survived breast cancer in 2001. Mary won numerous trophies and awards for showing Saanen and LaMancha dairy goats and was the 1st female artificial inseminator of cattle and goats in NV. Mary had a variety of careers during the 1980's, a Las Vegas Metro 911 dispatcher, a drafter for NV Power company and after becoming a priest, was the chaplain for Palm Mortuary, Nathan Adelson Hospice, Las Vegas Metro, Las Vegas Fire Dept, Las Vegas Coroner's Office and did invocations for Las Vegas City Council meetings. In her role as priest, she did countless funerals, weddings, baptisms and grief counseling, all of which fulfilled her purpose and showcased her gifts of empathy, selfless love and compassion. She is survived by her sister Theresa (Loehrer) Wurst, brother in law Paul Wurst, two children Noel Hyman & Tracy (Hyman) Crofton , son in law Pete Crofton & five grandchildren Connor, Jacob, Hannah, Josiah & Jacob. Visitation will be held at Palm Northwest Mortuary, 6701 N Jones Blvd, Las Vegas, NV 89131 on Friday , July 17, 2026 from 6-8 pm. Funeral service will be held at Palm Northwest Mortuary on Saturday July 18 at 11:00 am with private family interment at Palm Mortuary to follow. Optional donations per Mary's wishes, can be sent to the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation at www.komen.org and The Animal Foundation at 655 N. Mojave Rd, Las Vegas, NV 89101 or www.animalfoundation.com in lieu of flowers if desired. Thank you,