Authors starting with F

- Mary Elizabeth Frye (190 - 2004) -

Ancestry: Dayton, Ohio, USA

Mary Elizabeth Frye was a Baltimore housewife and florist, best known as the author of the poem "Do not stand at my grave and weep".

She was born Mary Elizabeth Clark in Dayton, Ohio, and was orphaned at the age of three. She married Claud Frye in 1927.

The identity of the author of the poem was unknown until the late 1990s, when Frye revealed that she had written it. Her claim was later proven by Abigail Van Buren.

The poem was never copyrighted, and there is still considerable doubt that Mary Elizabeth Frye wrote the untitled poem, that was given it's title by the first line. Yes it's possible that someone could write a one off , but nothing else written by the author has ever gone into print despite the fact tha she lived to 99 years of age.