Mary Ellen Fraber

of Bowie, Md. Passed away on Sunday, October 13, 2013. Born May 25, 1933 at Takoma Park, Md. to Alvin C. and Mary Ellen Moran. Raised in Arlington, Va. Married to the late Eugene E. Fraber, Jr. Mother of Karen S. Marshall, Theodore E. (Ted) Fraber, John S. Fraber, Sr., Genette M. (Genie) Bard and the late Mary Kathleen (Katy) Fraber. Grandmother of Heather Hood, Leigha Bard, Joseph Bard, Gregory Marshall, Zachary Fraber, Heather Findlay, Austin Fraber and John S. Fraber, Jr. Sister of the late John C. Moran and Margaret (Maggie) Butts. Memorial Mass will be celebrated at St. Pius X Catholic Church, Bowie, Md. on Wednesday,October 30, 2013 at 10:00 AM. Burial of ashes, in family plot in Union Cemetery, Leesburg, Va., will follow at 1:30 PM. Family requests that contributions be made to Johns Hopkins Cancer Research in memory of Mary Kathleen (Katy) Fraber, or the the Humane Society of the U.S., in lieu of flowers.