On May 29, 2012, Mary Elizabeth (nee Haupt), Account Supervisor for C&P Telephone Company which was located in Govans, beloved wife of the late Thomas E. Mitchem, Jr., devoted mother of Timothy Thomas Mitchem and Mary Teresa (Terry) Holcomb and her husband Alan L. Holcomb, Sr., dear grandmother of Alan Jr. and his wife Amber, Valerie Holcomb, Bryan Holcomb and his wife Kaitlyn and Scott Holcomb and great-grandmother of Lillian and Henry, sister of Flora M. Morrison and Anna M. Kaufman, sister-in-law of MG John E. Morrison, Jr., USAF(RET) and Marlene C. Novak. Also survived by many nieces and nephews and great nieces and great nephews.

Friends may call at the family owned Leonard J. Ruck, Inc. Funeral Home, 5305 Harford Road (at Echodale) Thursday and Friday 3-5 and 7-9 PM where a funeral service will be held Saturday 11 AM. Interment Woodlawn Cemetery. In lieu of flowers contributions may be made to the Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome Foundation, 3330 Dundee Road Suite C4 Northbrook, IL 60062.