Mary Fran Draisker of Springville, Utah passed away Monday, November 21, 2022 after a years-long battle with alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency. Mary was a graduate of Tulane University with a degree in French, a captain in the United States Air Force, and a Vietnam War veteran. She spent her career as a desktop publisher and copy editor and had her own business, MD for Words. She also worked for the American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, the National Association of Purchasing Managers, and Arizona State University.

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Mary was an avid member of the Springville Senior Center, where she served on the Board of Trustees and as Treasurer. She loved volunteering, playing cards, Bingo, brain class, puzzles of all kinds, genealogy, and potluck dinners. She was kind, smart, and generous and will be sorely missed by her family and friends.

Mary is predeceased by her father, William S. Draisker, Sr.; her mother, LaVera (Tidd) Draisker; and her brother, William S. Draisker, Jr. She is survived by her children, Brenda (Joy) Peterson, Joanne (Scott) Buit, and Trevor Buit, as well as two grandchildren, Phoenix Peterson and Morgan Peterson and her sister, LaRetta J. Draisker.

There will be no funeral, as Mary has donated her body to the University of Utah Medical School. A memorial service will be announced at a future time.

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