SFWA member Mary H. Schaub died on the morning of Friday, September 25, 2009. A lifetime resident of Apex, NC, Miss Schaub was a recognized fantasy author, whose wrote primarily about Andre Norton’s Witch World. She collaborated with Miss Norton on the Witch World novel The Magestone, and wrote another short Witch World novel, Exile, that appeared in the anthology Flight of Vengeance. Her many short stories were also primarily associated with Andre Norton’s Witch World and other fantasy universes envisioned by the late Grand Master.

A service of praise and celebration will be held 2:00 PM Sunday, October 11, 2009 at Apex Baptist Church, Apex. Inurnment will take place in the Apex Ceremony prior to the service.