Marion L. Mayo

1927 - 2022

Marion L. Mayo, 95, of Peterborough, NH and formerly of West Granby and Simsbury, CT, beloved wife for 63 years of the late Robert Thurston Mayo, passed away peacefully on Monday, July 25, 2022. Born in Keene, NH on March 2, 1927, daughter of the late Sidney O. and Bertha (Saltzgiver) Davis, she was raised in Keene, NH and was a graduate of Keene High School, Class of 1945. Marion and Bob moved to West Granby in 1957 where they raised four children. Marion worked for many years as a bookkeeper and secretary at the Granby Visiting Nurses Association. She was an active member of the West Granby United Methodist Church where she served as co-chair of the Church Council and as a member and treasurer of the United Methodist Women. Marion also volunteered at the Y.W.C.A. and had served as a member of the Board of Directors and a term as President of the Y.W.C.A. Town Committee. Marion's love for all people and her faith led her to help found the Hartford Chapter of Habit for Humanity. She volunteered for many years for Habitat for Humanity building homes throughout the Hartford area and helping others realize the dream of home ownership. She leaves four children, Robert A. Mayo and his wife Susan of Peterborough, NH, Kathryn Perkins and her husband William of Burlington, CT, Margaret "Peg" Pickholtz and her husband Bruce of Coral Springs, FL and William D. Mayo of Granby, CT; a brother, Sidney Davis, Jr. and his wife Judy of Port Orange, FL; six grandchildren, Robert Mayo of Turners Falls, MA, Joseph Mayo and his wife Maren of Plymouth, MN, David Pickholtz and his wife Ashley of St. Louis, MO, Harris Pickholtz of Seattle, WA, Emily Nettleton and her husband Brian of Bristol, CT, and Ellen Perkins and her fiancé Yan Hughes of Brooklyn, NY; eight great-grandchildren, Julian, Adeline, Micah, and Elin Mayo, Colter and Boden Nettleton, and Sasha and Elise Pickholtz; and many nieces and nephews. Besides her husband, she was predeceased by three sisters, Ruth Frink, Audrey Lesure, and Mabel Wiggett. A memorial service will be held in Granby, CT at a date and time to be announced. Burial will be in Granby Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to the Hartford Area Habitat for Humanity at 75 Charter Oak Avenue, B- 2, Suite 205, Hartford, CT 06106 or hartfordhabitat.org. Hayes-Huling & Carmon Funeral Home in Granby has care of the arrangements. For online condolences please visit, www.carmonfuneralhome.com.