Edward Mayer

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Edward Heriberto Mayer was born at home on a snowy December in 1936 in Salt Lake City Utah. He was the third child and first son of Vincent and Bertha Mayer.He loved his family and had great admiration for his father and mother who cared well or their growing family as well as many poor who suffered during the Depression.When 

Ed was 12 years old the family moved to Davis County where Ed grew up with a group of friends he treasured throughout his life. He graduated from Davis High School in 1955. He joined the Army while his friends served 2 year missions for the LDS church. He served in Berlin, Germany. He attended the University of Utah and graduated in History in 1962. He attended the Universidad de Mexico for a time and then began graduate studies at the U of Utah. In 1962 he met Margaret (Meg) Wallis at the U. He converted to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints and they were married in September 1963. In 1966 they moved to Columbia Missouri where he studied at the University of Missouri and taught at Stephens College. Four daughters were born to them over these years. In 1971 he graduated with a Ph.D. in Latin American History and Culture. He took a teaching position at the University of Wisconsin, LaCrosse, and the family moved to their first home in La Crescent,Minnesota. Two years later he was offered a position at the University of Utah which took them back home to family and friends in 1973. Two sons were born to them there. Over his years at the U of U he took students abroad to Spain/Europe and then to Cuernavaca, Mexico. His wife and all six of his children had great opportunities to travel. He and Meg served two LDS missions. They served in the Dominican Republic 2000-2002 and Buenos Aires, Argentina 2012-2013.

Ed is survived by his wife Meg of 63 years, six married children, Adrienne (Michael Ellsworth), Elizabeth (Jeff Nicholls), Jennifer (Jon Glenn), Katherine (Bryce Carlile), John (Jill Fowkes), and Paul (Shauna Ludwig), 23 grandchildren, and 19 great-grandchildren so far. He is greatly loved by all of his posterity. His funeral service will be held on October 24, 11:00 am at the Stone Creek Ward in Bountiful, Utah, and interment will be at Lakeview Memorial Cemetery. There will be no viewing.