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Collection: FND001 - SHSND Foundation - North Dakota Heritage Family Memorial Program
Series: Tribute
Folder: DIG
Item: 21367
Title: Mary M. Mayer
Date:
Creator:
Inscription/Marks: 3/8/1941
Summary: Mary M. Mayer, 74, died at her home in Bismarck, ND, on March 24, 2015. Mass of Christian burial was held March 31, 2015 at Cathedral of the Holy Spirit, Bismarck, with Rev. Msgr. Thomas Richter officiating. Burial will be held at St. Mary’s Cemetery, Bismarck. Mary was born March 8, 1941, in Bismarck, to Alvin A. and Mary Cayou Mayer. She attended Cathedral Grade School and graduated from Bismarck High School in 1959. She was active in the choir and drama, starring in an opera in one act, “Amahl and the Night Visitors.” She graduated from the College of Saint Catherine in St. Paul, MN, with a degree in occupational therapy. She worked in her field in Virginia, Hawaii, the J. Hillis Miller Health Science Center at the University of Florida in Gainesville, FL, Long Beach, CA and Denver, CO. She also taught kindergarten while living with her aunt and uncle, Col. James and Virginia Kilgore, at an airbase near Madrid, Spain. She returned to Bismarck in 1970. Mary loved art and music and had an accomplished singing voice in her school years. Mary lived life on her terms. She was a resolute person and usually got what she wanted. A nephew characterized her as “tenacious.” Some said she should have worked for the CIA. She could reach a corporate head of GMC or an admiral of the US Navy on the phone whereas mere mortals wouldn’t have gotten a foot in the door. Mary had the gift of gab from her Irish heritage. She had a good sense of humor and was a marvelous story teller. She also had a prodigious memory which allowed her to recall events, conversations and even meals years afterward. She enjoyed her many friends and the times they met for lunches or dinners and other special occasions. She loved to celebrate family occasions, especially her birthday which she often planned for weeks ahead of time. She is survived by her brothers, Thomas (Jan) Mayer, and Dan (Kathy) Mayer, Bismarck, and Steve Mayer, of Washington, DC and Bismarck. She is also survived by her nephews and nieces, Thomas C. Mayer, Wendover, England, Suzanne (Steve) Noakes, Blacksburg, VA, Matt (Onika) Mayer, Oak Creek, CO, Elizabeth Mayer, Steamboat Springs, CO, and John (Kara) Mayer, Jennifer (Dave) Gronos, and Kyle Bergquist, all of Bismarck; and 11 grand-nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her parents, Alvin A. and Mary Cayou Mayer.
Red ID: FND_I_72041 Image ID: 510936 Image Notes: FND001 21367

Collection: FND001 Digitized Images from Collection
Title: SHSND Foundation - North Dakota Heritage Family Memorial Program
Date: -

Summary: The North Dakota Heritage Family Memorial Program is sponsored by the North Dakota Funeral Directors Association. The life stories of deceased North Dakotans are featured in an archvied collection. Current partners in the project are Eastgate Funeral & Cremation Services, Bismarck Evans Funeral Homes, Carrington and New Rockford Everson-Coughlin Funeral Home, Williston Fulkerson Funeral Home, Tioga Fulkerson Funeral Home, Watford City Fulkerson Stevenson Funeral Home, Williston Nero Funeral Home, Bottineau Parkway Funeral Service, Bismarck Springan Stevenson Funeral Home, Stanley Stevenson Funeral Home, Dickinson These funeral homes provide recent obituaries to the Foundation, where staff and volunteers format, edit and archive each memorial. The memorials are posted, and copies are sent to the family for their input and approval. The listing currently features more than 13,000 memorials, and is constantly updated as new memorials and histories are received.

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