Golda Shirley Mayer, 100 years old, passed away on Jan. 9 at Menorah Medical Center.
Golda was born on Dec. 27, 1924, in Kansas City, Missouri, to Rose (nee Slabotsky) and David Morantz. Golda graduated from Central High School at age 16 and received a bachelor’s degree in psychology from Kansas City University. Following graduation, she worked for the Kansas City Missouri Police Department administering psychological assessments for prospective police officers and providing secretarial support to the chief of police.
After being fixed up on a blind date, Golda married Ernest Mayer on Sept. 24, 1950. Over the course of 49 years, they raised three children, Marcia, Howard and Diane, and enjoyed socializing with their “crowd” of friends, attending concerts and other cultural performances around the city, playing golf together at Meadowbrook Country Club and traveling the world.
A life-long The Temple, Congregation B’nai Jehudah member, Golda volunteered at the Temple Library for many years and was an active member of its sisterhood. Golda also volunteered with Brandeis and Hadassah.
Golda was a modest woman who was known for her kindness and lovely smile. She learned the art of sewing from her mother and made beautiful clothes for herself, her children and grandchildren. Golda spent much of her evenings creating beautiful needlepoints. Her many pictures and pillows were proudly on display in her own home and continue to be some of her children’s and grandchildren’s most treasured artwork.
Golda was preceded in death by her parents; her husband; her brother and sister-in-law, Stanley and Shirley Morantz; and her sister-in-law and brother-in-law Marilyn and Ernest Roth.
She is survived by her loving children, Marcia and Ed Soltz, Howard and Vicky Mayer, Diane and Steve Azorsky; grandchildren, Greg Soltz, Scott and Melanie Soltz, Madeline and Jay Benjamin, Josh and Rachel Azorsky and Rose Azorsky; and great-grandchildren, Ezra and Asher Soltz and Eden and Lenny Benjamin.
The family would like to thank Village Shalom for providing such a warm and nurturing home for Golda over the last six years. They would especially like to thank Vicki, Rachelle and Sonny for their love and support.
Contributions may be made in Golda’s memory to The Mission Project (themissionproject.org) or The Temple, Congregation B’nai Jehudah (bnaijehudah.org). A funeral service was held on Jan. 12 at Louis Memorial Chapel with burial at Rose Hill Cemetery.
Online condolences for the family may be left at louismemorialchapel.com.
