Mary Frances "Fance" Raley, 83, of Silver Spring, MD, died July 27, 2010 at Univ. of MD Medical Center, in Baltimore, MD. Born April 10, 1927 in Beachville, MD, she was the daughter of the late Joseph Clyde and Elizabeth C. Wood Raley.

She was preceded in death by her sister Anna Marie Cooper, and brother John J Raley.

She is survived by her sister Helen C Jensen of Clarksville, Tenn., as well as a host of loving nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends.

Mary graduated from St. Michael's School in 1945 and worked as an Administrative Secretary for the U.S. Department of Labor. Mary loved bingo; needlepoint, playing cards and she belonged to the Women of Moose Lodge of Silver Spring, MD.

Contributions in memory of Mary Frances Raley can be made to John Tracy Clinic for Hearing Impaired Children 806 W. Adams Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90007-2505. The family will receive friends on Thursday, July 29, 2010 from 5:00-8:00 P.M. in St. Michael's Church, Ridge, MD, where prayers will be said at 7:00P.M. A Mass of Christian burial will be celebrated on Friday, July 30, 2010, in St. Michaels Catholic Church, Ridge, MD at 11:00 A.M. with Fr. Scott Woods officiating. Interment will follow in the church cemetery. Pallbearers will be James I. Raley, Joseph H. Raley, Charles R. (Robbie) Wood, Bernard Ridgell, Matthew Ridgell and James R. Cooper.

Arrangements provided by the Mattingley-Gardiner Funeral Home, P.A.