Mary Elizabeth McRaven Obituary
It is always difficult saying goodbye to someone we love and cherish. Family and friends must say goodbye to their beloved Mary Elizabeth McRaven (Vienna, Illinois), born in Orange, Texas, who passed away at the age of 72, on January 10, 2025. You can send your sympathy in the guestbook provided and share it with the family.
As we bid Mary Elizabeth farewell, let us not mourn the absence of her physical form, but rather celebrate the essence of her spirit that lingers in the spaces between moments. For Mary Elizabeth is not truly gone, but merely transformed, her energy intertwined with the fabric of the universe itself, forever dancing among the stars.
She was predeceased by: her parents, Jack Phillips and Florence Elizabeth Phillips (Clarkson); and her brother David Phillips. She is survived by: her husband Don McRaven; and her children, Sandra Diane Choinski of De Soto, Amanda McRaven of Anna, Bettina Bowles (Zebulon) of Ozark, Angela Strong of Goreville and Anthony Shane McRaven of Nashville, Tennessee. She is also survived by 10 grandchildren; and 5 great grandchildren.
Memorials may be made to St. Jude's Children's Research Hospital, 501 St. Jude Place, Memphis, Tennessee 38105-1905 or online at http://www.stjude.org.
