Mary Barbara Christian

OLD ORCHARD BEACH – Mary Barbara Christian passed away at her residence in Old Orchard Beach, Maine, on April 1, 2025. She was born in New Brunswick, New Jersey, on February 9, 1960.

Known to many as Marbie, she grew up in Milltown, NJ, and graduated from Our Lady of Lourdes School there. After graduating from St. Peter’s High School in New Brunswick in the class of 1978, she went on and graduated from Trenton State College (now The College of New Jersey) with a Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology.

After graduation, Marbie lived and worked in Caldwell, NJ. Later, she moved to Westchester and, then, Goshen, New York before settling in Maine. She worked for Catholic Charities Maine in Portland and lived there as well as Yarmouth and Saco before retiring in Old Orchard Beach in 2017.

Marbie enjoyed reading and crocheting. She delighted in making baby clothes and blankets for various grand nephews and nieces and left a large library of books. She also liked to travel, having visited all fifty United States, all ten Canadian provinces and over fifteen countries in Europe as well as parts of Mexico.

She prized her privacy and autonomy while, at the same time, loved her family and showed it in myriad ways.

Marbie is predeceased by her parents, William E. Christian, Jr. and Barbara Nelson Christian. She is survived by her siblings, William E. Christian, III (Joyce) of Portland, Michigan, Paul Christian (Deborah) of Saco and Marylee Rowan Evangelista (Ralph) of East Brunswick, New Jersey as well as seven nieces and nephews.

Private services will be held in New Jersey at a later date. Arrangements are under the direction of the Conroy-Tully Walker Funeral Home of South Portland.