Jennifer Lynn Mayer

Jennifer Lynn Mayer, of Lewes, DE and Corning, NY, passed away peacefully at home in July of 2020 at the age of 53. Jen was our angel on earth and lived a beautiful life where she loved to make people smile. She attended the Cheer Center and Easter Seals in Georgetown, DE as well as volunteering at All Saints Academy while she lived in New York. Jen loved listening to others and gave the best hugs. Her favorite activities were dancing, watching WWE wrestling and NCIS, swimming, taking trips, cheating at putt-putt, doing puzzles and word searches, making gifts for others, going to church, and spending time with her family. There was never a person that Jen didn’t love, her heart was overfilled with kindness, and she was able to touch so many lives with her beautiful soul. Jen is preceded in death by her mother Carol Ritter-Soots, father Roy Soots, biological mother Elisabeth Callahan Scott, and brother Arthur (Bart) Paul Mayer, III. Jen’s biological father also now joins her in heaven, Arthur Paul Mayer. Jen is survived by her siblings Tamara (and Shea) Parker of Washington, DC; Debby (and Russ) Woglom of Corning, NY; Conny Mayer of Takoma Park, MD; and John Michael Mayer of Newark, DE. She was the beloved aunt to Roy, Raymond, and Roann Parker; Saleiha and Conlan Mayer-Marks, Calley (Salem) and Brendan Mayer; Lauren (Jonathan) Spaulding, Caitlin (Julio) Martinez, Kelsey (Michael Bonin), Kara and Michael Woglom; Kathryn (Justin) Draper; and Kirsten and Megan Mayer. ‘ She also loved her Aunt, Bonnie Ritter of Milton, DE; her cousin Carla (and Rob) Schirmer of Ellendale, DE; her Uncle Sonny, Carl Ritter Jr., of Milton, DE; as well as her great nephew and nieces, Michael and Charlotte Spaulding and Jordyn and Jacklyn Draper. Jenny is missed tremendously by all who love her. A memorial service will be held on Saturday, June 4, 2022 at 11:00 am in the chapel of Short Funeral Services, 416 Federal Street, Milton, DE to celebrate her life and the beauty she brought to the world (delayed from 2020 due to Covid). If attending, please plan to wear your brightest colors to rejoice in the joy and love Jen brought to the world! Online condolences may be offered to the family at: www.shortfuneralservicesandcremation.com