Margaret Jean Milligan Mayer, 81, of Frederick County, Virginia, died Thursday, April 16, 2015, at her home.
Mrs. Mayer was born in 1934 in Cincinnati, Ohio, the daughter of the late Joseph R. and Jeanette Milligan. She was a graduate of St. Xavier High School in Cincinnati, Class of 1950. Mrs. Mayer was a homemaker and a member of Sacred Heart of Jesus Catholic Church in Winchester. Margaret was a loving wife, mother, grandmother and friend to many. She will be greatly missed by all who knew her.
She married Richard “Dick” Mayer on June 14, 1952, in Newport, Kentucky.
Surviving with her husband is daughter, Lynn Sherry and husband, James, of Palm Coast, Florida; sons, Larry Mayer and wife, Gail, of Stephens City, Virginia, Mark Mayer of Knoxville, Tennessee; five grandchildren, Melissa and Michael Sherry, Joseph Mayer, Mark and Sierra Mayer and sister, JoAnn Limongello of Toms River, New Jersey.
The family will receive friends on Sunday, from 4:00 PM to 6:00 PM, at Omps Funeral Home, Amherst Chapel.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be conducted at 10:00 AM, on Monday, at Sacred Heart of Jesus Catholic Church. Interment will be in Indiantown Gap National Cemetery, Annville, Pennsylvania.
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the Salvation Army, 300 Fort Collier Road, Winchester, Virginia, 22603.