Obit: Mary Ellen Faber, 1989: Isabella County, Michigan Contributed for use in 
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Obit:  Mary Ellen Faber, 1989: 
Mary Ellen Faber, 74 of Mt. Pleasant, died Sunday, April 2, 1989, at Pleasant Manor 
Nursing HOme in Mt. Pleasant.  Services are scheduled for 11 a.m. Wednesday at the St. 
Charles Church in Leaton with the Rev. Ron Wagner officiating.  Burial will take place at 
the Denver Township Cemetery in Rosebush.  Friends may call at the Lux Funeral Home 
in Mt. Pleasant from 4 to 9 pm.m today and from 1 to 9 pm.m Tuesday.  A prayer service 
has been scheduled for 8 p.m. Tuesday.  Memorial contributions may be made to the St. 
Henry's Building Fund.  Envelopes are available at the funeral home.  Mrs. Faber was 
born May 3 1914, in Vernon Township.  She was the daughter of John and Catherine 
(Mitchell) McElhaney.  She married Fred Faber in Toledo, OHa, May 10, 1930.  He 
preceded her in death October 23, 1978.  A lifetime resident of Isabella County, Mrs. 
Faber was employed at Holly Carburetor in Clare for 20 years.  She was a member of the 
St. Charles Church and the St. Charles Altar Society.  Mrs. Faber is survived by a son, 
Ray of Mt. Pleasant; four grandchildren; 4 great-grandchildren; a brother, Charles 
McElhaney of Mt. Pleasant; and two sisters, Mrs. Norman (Anna Margaret) Boese of 
Wyoming and Loretta Woodin of Rosebush.  In addition to her husband, she was 
preceded in death by two sons, a daughter, one brother and three sisters. (published in the 
Morning Sun (Isabella Co, MI) April 3 1989)