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- Portland Press Herald (ME)
June 1, 1994
Miriam L. Mayo, 69, of 195 Wescott Road, a longtime secretary at Falmouth High School who enjoyed golf and was active in community affairs, died Tuesday in a Portland hospital.
Mrs. Mayo served three years on the Falmouth school board in the early 1960s. She resigned from the board in to take a job in the school department as administrative secretary at Falmouth High School. She later transferred to the guidance department, retiring in 1987 after 24 years at Falmouth High.
''Mimi was gracious and kind, caring and fun, and defined the word 'lady,' '' said Dorothy McCann, a retired Falmouth High teacher and longtime friend. ''She certainly ran that guidance office very well. Everyone liked her, students and staff alike.''
''She was a dear lady, very caring,'' said Roxanne Wheeler, a friend who was a Falmouth High teacher in the 1970s. ''She befriended me even though I wasn't there for very long. She made me feel like a real important part of the school.''
''She was one of the nicest people I've ever known,'' said Jill Fox, a teacher and friend. ''She was a gracious, kind woman.''
Mrs. Mayo enjoyed golf and was a longtime member of Gorham Country Club. She served as president of Women's Golf Association at Gorham and played for many years in the Southern Maine Women's Golf Association.
''She was a very competitive player,'' said Fox. ''She loved golf and being outside. Even last summer when she wasn't feeling well, she got out as many times as possible. She thought all golfers should walk, and not ride carts. So it troubled her last year to have to ride in a cart.''
Mrs. Mayo was active in community affairs. She was a former president of the Junior League of Portland, and in 1961 she was division chairwoman of the United Fund. She served on Community Chest drives in the 1950s, and is a former board member of the Maine Medical Center Auxiliary, Sweetser Children's Home, and Northeast Hearing and Speech Center.
In 1947 she married John H. Mayo and they lived on Leighton Road in Falmouth for many years. Mr. Mayo died in 1984.
Born in Portland, a daughter of William Ernest and Florence Mosher Leighton, she graduated from Cape Elizabeth High School and attended Colby College.
Surviving are two daughters, Martha Mayo of Lowell, Mass., and Julie Mayo Wooden of Cape Elizabeth; a son, John Leighton Mayo of Penn Valley, Calif.; two brothers, Richard W. Leighton of South Harpswell and Adam W. Leighton of Simsbury, Conn.; and two granddaughters, Amory Wooden and Alyssa Mayo.
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