Patricia S. Mayer, 30 Aug 1940 - 05 Oct 2017

MAYER, POLICH, WILKINSON, MINNEHAN, FAUSCH, ROBBINS

Posted By: Sandy Ficken (email)
Date: 7/2/2018 at 14:41:08

Celebration of life service for Patricia S. Mayer, 77, Williamsburg, will be held at 10 a.m. Thursday, Oct. 12, at Powell Funeral Home, Williamsburg. She died Thursday, Oct. 5, 2017, at the English Valley Care Center, North English.

Pastors Eric Nygren, Larry TenHaken and Dave Arnold will officiate at the service.

Burial will be at Community Cemetery, rural Deep River.

Visitation will be from 4 to 7 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 11, at the funeral home.

A memorial fund has been established for East Iowa Bible Camp, Cornerstone Evangelical Free Church or Family Choice.

Tributes may be left at www.powellfuneralhomes.com.

Patricia S. Mayer was born Aug. 30, 1940, in Polk County, the daughter of Tony and Doris (Wilkinson) Polich. She graduated from Ankeny High School in 1958 and received her bachelor of arts degree from Westmar College in 1963.

She married Garwood Mayer June 5, 1964, at Saylorville. She taught one year at Marshall, Minn., one year at Bellvue, Minn., and one year at Sheffield before teaching at Williamsburg for 37 years, retiring in 2003.

She was a member of Cornerstone Evangelical Free Church, where she served as deaconess, church secretary and Sunday School teacher. She was a participant in the Writer’s Workshop at the University of Iowa and was named a Sally Mae National Teacher of the Year in 1988.

She enjoyed traveling with friends, doing short-term mission work in Romania five times and speaking about her mission trips to the seventh graders at Bible camp. She was also an excellent cook, being featured in the Cedar Rapids Gazette.

Mayer is survived by her husband, Gar, Williamsburg; daughter, Tami (Anthony) Minnehan, Churdan; two sons, Curtis (Jamie) Mayer, Washington, and Craig (Melissa) Mayer, Racine, Wis.; 10 grandchildren, Brian (Marlene), Daniel (Rachel), Marissa, Charles and Katie Minnehan, Reece and Teague Mayer and Riley, Sydnie and Carlee Mayer; two great grandchildren, Jack and Charlotte Minnehan; sister, Sandy (John) Fausch, Knoxville, and brother-in-law, Lannie Robbins, Sanford, Mich.

She was preceded in death by her parents and a sister, Connie Robbins.

The Journal Tribune, 11 Oct 2017
The Gazette, 08 Oct 2017