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Martha Bernice Casey (nee Fabian) 95, of Narberth PA died in her sleep at Vitas Hospice, Fitzgerald Mercy Hospital on Thurs. July 30, 2009, after a long illness.. She was the wife of the late Jeremiah Michael, and mother of Jeremiah Michael Jr. (husband of the late Ruth Brooke-Casey) and David Charles (Alice) She was the daughter of the late Francis Marion Fabian and Esther Fabian (nee Warner) of Narberth, both originally of Riegelsville, Bucks Co. Martha was a "minister without portfolio" in the art of kindness, a person who made home wonderful and made everyone she knew feel at home. She knew how to listen to people and shared empathetically in the lives of friends, neighbors and family. She never forgot an important event in the lives of her friends. A passage from Proverbs seems written about her: "Her ways are ways of pleasantness and all her paths are peace." She had a simple way of sculpting souls that emanated warmth and good feeling. Mom loved to read, especially history and current nonfiction. She was active and outspoken in politics, a rabid FDR Democrat. But she liked people too much to hurt the feelings of her Republican friends. She left a stack of pencil drawings and much needlepoint as testimony to her love of art. Most of all, however, Mom invested time in people: family, friends and neighbors. Her caring ways paid great dividends to her and her family in her last years. A host of loving neighbors fed her, cared for her, took her to hospitals and doctors, shopped for her, and, lovingly, looked out for her when family was ill or unavailable. A wonderful next-door neighbor, when asked by her children how the kindness of neighbors could be repaid, said "Just being her friend was enough." Many friends will remember Mom as the friendly clerk at Wynnewood Post Office from 1952-77. Others will recall the lovely young lady at the candy counter at Davis Store (now Mapes in Narberth) in earlier years. Almost everyone in Narberth will remember an old friend, a Methodist Church enthusiast, an XYZ volunteer, and a Women's Club Member. Her children, family members and friends will remember the world's best fudge, pot roast, homemade vegetable soup, chocolate chip cookies and incredibly sound advice tempered with utmost personal warmth and understanding. Relatives and friends are invited to attend her Funeral Service on Sat. Aug. 8, 11am in the Chadwick & McKinney Funeral Home, 30 E. Athens Avenue, Ardmore, PA , where you may call after 10am. Interment at Calvary Cemetery. In lieu of flowers and other remembrances, Mom would like you to make contributions to the Narberth Fire Company, 100 Conway Avenue, Narberth, PA which, in her words, along with our Police force, comprise the "real heroes" who protect us all.

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Martha F. Casey

June 26, 1914 - July 30, 2009