WORCESTER-Mary Frances Babb, 53, of Santa Fe, NM, formerly of Worcester, passed from this life, Monday, March 10th with her father John S. Babb and her husband Leonard A. Roy at her side, after a long and tenacious battle, of complications from treatment for non-Hodgkins lymphoma. She is survived by her sister, Cynthia Chapman, her brother Thomas Babb, nieces Alissa Chapman McKinney and Cassie Chapman and many loving cousins and friends.
She was born in Worcester the daughter of the late Frances (Green) Babb. Mary was a graduate of Notre Dame Academy, and received her BA, MA and MFA with highest honors from the University of New Mexico. She was an Assistant Professor of Photography at Ohio University and returned frequently to assist her father with his real estate after her mother’s death.
Memorial services will be held in Worcester and Santa Fe at a later date. The family wishes to extend their heartfelt thanks to her entire team at the Dana Farber Cancer Institute. O’CONNOR BROTHERS FUNERAL HOME, 592 Park Avenue is directing arrangements.