Mayer obituaries, Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ************************************************ Name, date of obit, date submitted, submitted for the USGenWeb Archives by: Mayer, Rita May 20 May 2003 May 2003 Don Johnson *************************************************************************** Obituary published in The Hammond Daily Star on: 5/20/2003 MAYER, RITA MAY Rita May Mayer, 78, died Tuesday, May 20, 2003, at her home of Alzheimer's disease. She was a native of New Orleans and a 17-year resident of Hammond. She graduated from Sophie Wright High School in 1941, was a longtime parishioner of St. Andrew The Apostle Catholic Church in New Orleans and a librarian at the school and a parishioner of Holy Ghost Catholic Church in Hammond. Survivors include four children, Randell Paul Mayer of Albany, Sandra Marie Fleenor of Loranger, Russell Paul Mayer of Hammond and Andrew Philip Mayer of New Orleans; 15 grandchildren and one great-grandchild. Her husband, Randell S. Mayer Jr., preceded her in death. Visitation will be Wednesday at Harry McKneely & Son Funeral Home, Hammond, from 11 a.m. until 12:30 p.m. Mass will be held at 1 p.m. at Holy Ghost Catholic Church, Hammond. Burial will be in Rose Memorial Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Colonel Randell S. Mayer Scholarship Fund at St. Thomas Aquinas High School, 14520 Voss Drive, Hammond 70401. ***************************************************************************