Mary was born in 1901. She was the daughter of John Carter and Ida Eyler. She passed away in 1942.
Sources
Gedcom from Lorri Carter as given by Eowyn Langholf
"United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MLHM-52Z : accessed 20 October 2017), Ida M Carter in household of John L Carter, Valley, Polk, Nebraska, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 115, sheet 4A, family 59, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 853; FHL microfilm 1,374,866.
"United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCKT-6HY : accessed 20 October 2017), Ida M Carter in household of John L Carter, Canada, Polk, Nebraska, United States; citing ED 113, sheet 1A, line 10, family 3, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 1000; FHL microfilm 1,821,000.
"United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, 1980-2014," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKTS-HCJG : 26 October 2016), Mary Jane Carter Sterup in entry for Eugene Sterup, Nebraska, United States, 03 Apr 2006; from "Recent Newspaper Obituaries (1977 - Today)," database, GenealogyBank.com (http://www.genealogybank.com : 2014); citing Columbus Telegram, The, born-digital text.
"United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K9MR-R81 : accessed 20 October 2017), Mary Sterup in household of Victor Sterup, Canada Election Precinct, Polk, Nebraska, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 72-2, sheet 7B, line 60, family 133, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 2261.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Mary by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA.
However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line.
It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Mary: