From: Patrick Smaldore

Subject: Services for Jody Mayer

Hello Everyone!!

I wanted to share the sad news on the passing of Jody Mayer wife of executive committee member and chair Larry Mayer.

She passed away on October 20th. Jody had a remarkable life and career. She was born in Berlin Germany, and spend her childhood in Paris France. Her father as in the US Foreign Service. In 1977 she worked in Rosslyn at a drug abuse center. From 1979 to 1982 she was a senior secretary with Planning Research Corporation in McLean, and then an executive secretary with MCI from 1982 to 1987. In the late eighties Jody changed careers to the health care field and from 1990 to 1995 she was a nurse in the oncology and surgical units at VA Hospital Center Arlington, switching to a home care nurse in 1995 and 1996 before becoming an AIDS specialist with the Whitman Walker Clinic from 1996 to 1999. In addition to all of this Jody volunteered with the Epilepsy Foundation, and worked as a lobbyist for the passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990. She attended the signing of the bill at the White House.

Her life is tribute to who she was - a very caring and loving person.

Many of us on the executive committee last saw Jody at the August 2nd National Night Out dinner we had with her and Larry at the Boulevard Woodgrill in Clarendon, where she enjoyed herself and was full of life.

Please join with me and others for the services that will be held on saturday october 29th 3pm at the St Pauls Episcopal Church 3439 Payne Street, Baileys Crossroads Falls Church VA.

Regards,

Patrick A. Smaldore Jr.

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