This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Mayer, Nelson, Tennis, Schoenheider, Kelly, Tri, Graetz, Staats, Coulter, Brown, Taplin, Ditlefsen Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/3FC.2ACI/2367 Message Board Post: Friday, July 04, 2003 Effie V. Mayer, 81 Effie Virginia Mayer, 81, of Hudson died Thursday, June 26, of complications of emphysema and cancer at Pine Ridge Assisted Living in Hudson. She was born Sept. 9, 1921, in Hartland, the daughter of John and Lillian May (Tennis) Nelson, and as a child she lived in River Falls and attended school there. On Jan. 23, 1943, in River Falls, she was married to Clifford Eugene Mayer. She and her husband lived in Roberts before moving to Hudson in 1949. In 1973 they moved to Hastings, Minn., but after her husband’s death in 1998 she returned to Hudson in 2000. While in Hudson, besides being a homemaker, she worked as a waitress and cook at the Hudson Harbor restaurant and Ray’s Truck Stop in Lakeland. In Hastings she was employed by the Gardner House and Smead Manufacturing Company. In her leisure she enjoyed reading, walking, taking drives, playing cards and spending time with her children and grandchildren. Surviving are a son, Michael Wayne Mayer of Hudson; two daughters, Barbara (Neil) Schoenheider of Stillwater and Diane Mayer of Denver, Colo.; 10 grandchildren, Melissa (Brian) Kelly, of Rochester, Mich., Jeannie Tri of St. Paul, Elizabeth (Matt) Graetz of River Falls, Brian (Stacy) Tri of Woodbury, Minn., Brett Mayer of Seattle, Wash., Rik (Kelli) Mayer of Phoenix, Ariz., and Nikki, Cory, Casey and Greg Mayer, all of Wainwright, Alaska; a stepbrother, Lyle (Audrey) Staats of River Falls; a sister-in-law, Donna Coulter of Hudson; and eight great-grandchildren. Preceding her in death, besides her parents, were her husband, Clifford Mayer, in 1998; a son, James Mayer, in 1995; two brothers, Francis Nelson and Wesley Nelson; a sister, Mildred Brown; and a half-sister, Wilma Taplin. A memorial service was at 7 p.m. Tuesday, July 1, at the O’Connell Family Funeral Home in Hudson with Pastor Karen Ditlefsen officiating. A visitation was from 5 to 7 p.m. prior to the service. Private burial was in Willow River Cemetery. The family prefers memorials. © 2003 Hudson Star-Observer - Reposted by permission http://www.hudsonstarobserver.com/Main.asp?SectionID=3&SubSectionID=54&ArticleID=8015