MARIANNE WEHNER MEBANE,
A Graceful Force for Good
Marianne Wehner Mebane passed away peacefully while encircled in the love of her husband Bill of 66 years and all her children, Bill, Jane and Anne at Foulkeways in Gwynedd, PA on December 30, 2021.
Marianne had an infectious laugh that could easily get the whole room going. A deep thinker, and self-dubbed ‘sociologist’ of the family, she had a way of making people of all walks of life feel seen. Her curiosity for others and the world sparked her lifelong work of leaving the world a better place. The sparkle in her eyes and smile radiated to those who had the good fortune to know her.
Marianne lived her life in her hometown of Wyndmoor having been born on June 29, 1931 with a childhood spent in her beloved home on Mermaid Lane in Wyndmoor and her married life not far away on Gravers Lane. A graduate of Abington Friends School, she continued her lifelong quest for knowledge and understanding of the world around her and how to improve the lives of those in it, at Centenary College and thereafter graduating from the University of Pennsylvania. While at Penn, she met the love of her life and companion to the end, Bill Mebane. The charms of Marianne were many and her suitors numerous, but the charisma of a Southern Medical Student who twirled her around the floor at a college dance with a cast on his leg proved irresistible and they were married in 1956 in her childhood church, Summit Presbyterian. The couple had a whirlwind honeymoon traveling the South including a visit to the Mebane Family and sharing the limelight (and her corsage!) with Bill’s grandfather's “new” 90-year-old bride.
A Memorial Service will be held at a future date at Foulkeways in Gwynedd, Pennsylvania.
In lieu of flowers, it is suggested that a donation be made to the:
Foundation for Health Equity
10 E. Springfield Avenue, South
Philadelphia, PA 19118
(…and of course, do a Good Deed)