She was born September 6, 1959, in Oak Ridge, TN. One of six children born to Jean and Thomas K. Roche, II, Mary graduated from Oak Ridge High School (1977) and continued to the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga (1980). Her career included marketing and account management at various insurance companies, as well as retail sales.
She was preceded in death by her parents and her sister, Karen (Roche) Scruggs.
Mary is survived by her son Christopher T. Ebel (Linzy) of Raleigh, NC. She is also survived by her three sisters, Susan Miller (Robert) of Lexington, KY, Joyce Williams (Sandy) of Belleville, WI, Theresa Roche of Yakima, WA, her brother Thomas K. Roche, III, of Powell, TN, and several nieces and nephews.
A Visitation will be held on Monday, March 16, 2020 from 9:00 to 10:00 AM at St. Norbert Church, 50 Leopard Road, Paoli, Pennsylvania, 19301. A Funeral Mass will immediately follow.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations be made in Mary’s memory to the Abramson Family Cancer Research Institute at the University of Pennsylvania. Donations can be made online at http://givingpages.upenn.edu/maryroche
Arrangements by Brown-Wynne, 300 Saint Mary's Street, Raleigh.