Mary Travers Memorial Is Scheduled for Nov. 9. A memorial celebration of the life and music of the folk singer Mary Travers will be held at 7 p.m. on Monday at Riverside Church.

In her nearly 45 years with the famous folk group Peter, Paul and Mary, singer Mary Travers has resolutely resisted the draw of fame - and the excesses and self-absorbtion that it can cultivate.

The Saginaw News fileIn this undated file photo, Mary Travers is shown with fellow members of Peter, Paul and Mary — Noel Paul Stookey, front, and Peter Yarrow.To Siusan O’Rourke, Mary ...

Mary Travers, Peter Yarrow and Noel Paul Stookey Noel Paul Stookey and Peter Yarrow sing at Mary Travers' memorial service in September 2009 (Photo by Robert Corwin) ...

Mary Travers. 1936–2009. ... They were at the forefront of the protest movements of the 1960s, performing at the Lincoln Memorial during Martin Luther King Jr.’s epic March on Washington.

Mary Travers of folk group Peter, Paul & Mary died Wednesday night from complication... Skip to Article. ... Paul & Mary, back in the fall of 1963, at the War Memorial auditorium in Syracuse.

At the Lincoln Memorial that year and later, during a 1971 peace march on Washington, she led hundreds of thousands in song. ... Mary Travers died last week at the age of 72.

Mary Travers, one-third of the popular 1960s folk trio Peter, Paul and Mary who were perhaps best known for their hit "Puff (The Magic Dragon)," died in a Connecticut hospital after battling ...