I had this recorded, I think the husband misunderstood. There was a logo at the bottom when the show begins that said For Love Of Quilting Mary Fons, like a title so you would know who she was.

Thank goodness! Thanks to everybody who helped me to find out for sure. Hope that I did not upset anybody.

I am definitely happy that she is still with us!

Shortly after she started on Love of Quilting with mother Maryanne Fons, researched Mary Fons. The most interesting item I found was this one. Mary Fons is a stage performer with what evidently is great talent and stamina. She also has devastating health issues. Most notably; she has no color due to autoimmune disease. She's quirky for sure and very talented. If you are interested in reading a review of her stage show, here is the link:
http://chicagotheaterbeat.com/tag/mary-fons/
I didn't find anything relating to her death so I hope that's not true But she has serious health issues so it wouldn't surprsie or shock me.

I sure hope it was a mistake. While on this thread, tho, Why isn't Liz Porter on the show anymore? I see patterns from her in the magazine each issue, but not on the show. Is she ill? retired?

Liz retired. that's when we started seeing Marianne's dtr more often.

The article reads no colon, not no color...and this is really sad. I have found her to be irritating but now, knowing this, I feel the need to extend compassion. Who knows how much she has suffered.

I went to one of her classes yesterday( Saturday) and she is fanastic.

I saw her at a quilt show about 6 months or so ago and she was delightful and even though her talk was very informal and funny I got the impression it really hurt her feelings to hear all the negative comments about her and comparisons to Liz Porter. I followed a blog of hers while she was going through her huge health ordeal and got to admire her from afar. She has really been through a long ordeal.

Sorry, but I have always felt that Liz was more or less maneuvered out to make way for Mary. JMHO