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2A-THE SEA COAST ECHO?SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 1991
OBITUARIES
MARY C. HOGAN BEYER WILLIE CAMPBELL SR. BERNARD H. FARR OLGA ROBBINS
Mary C. Hogan Beyer
MARY C. HOGAN BEYER
Mary Catherine (May) Hogan Beyer, 89, of Bay St. Louis died Thursday, September 5, .1991 in her home.
Mrs. Beyer, widow of U.S. Navy Commander Charles Beyer, was born in New Orleans.
The first woman to receive the Hancock County Outstanding Citizen Award in 1982 and named to the 1976-77 edition of Who?s Who in American Women, Mrs. Beyer was at the forefront of every charitable drive in Hancock County since she moved to Bay St. Louis in 1946 after her husband retired from the Navy.
She helped organizD the United Way in Hancock County and served as its executive secretary for more than 20 years.
In recognition of her 25 years involvement with the United Way of Hancock County, the 1989 campaign was dedicated in honor of her.
For 14 years she served as chairman of the Hancock County Heart Fund, raising money and actively helping children receive needed medical care.
She was instrumental in getting the Senior Citizens and Retired Senior Volunteer Programs started in the county and worked with the Gulf Coast Mental Health Association to have services extended to the county.
Mrs. Beyer also served as a president of the Bay-Waveland Garden Club, was active in the Red Cross for over 20 years, worked as a Gray Lady at the Veterans Hospital in Gulfport, and in 1957 became the first woman to run for the office of mayor of Bay St. Louis.
Grammie is survived by her daughters and their husbands, Betty and Pete Benvenutti and Margaret and Neal Burns of Bay St. Louis; her grandchildren, Peter and Lise Benvenutti of Oakland, Calif., Chuck and Beth Benvenutti, Stephen and Sara Benvenutti, Mike and Mary Ann Benvenutti, Patrick and Lynne Benvenutti, Molly Bums and Ned Benvenutti of Bay St. Louis, Mary Kay (Benvenutti) and Richard Hubbard of Waveland, Pat Burns of Covington, Ky., and Mary Beth Benvenutti of Walnut Creek, Calif; fifteen greatgrandchildren and a generous circle of friends.
A Celebration of Life Mass
will be held at St. Augustine Seminary in Bay St. Louis Thursday, Sept. 12 at 6 p.m.
Memorials may be made to the Hospice Program at Memorial Hospital in Gulfport.
Riemann Funeral Home of Bay St. Louis is in charge of arrangements.