In retirement Mayer continued teaching voice, as well as singing as a soloist in her church and in the Monterey peninsula music group, Piano Plus. She taught her great-grandsons to find Middle C on the piano when they turned two. She also did couture sewing, gardening and water color, and continued to extend her trademark hospitality to friends new and old.
Her zest for music and dramatic flair were still on view at her surprise 90th birthday party when she reprised her Carmen role by teasing guests with a full and warm rendition of L’amour, L’amour!
In Memoriam
Margery Mayer Voutsas was survived by her two sons, two granddaughters and six great-grandsons. She was predeceased by her sister and by her three husbands, Dietrich George Berthold, Sigvart J. Steen, and George Voutsas.
Obituaries for Margery Mayer (Steen) (Voutsas)
New York
Margery Mayer Voutsas Obituary 1918 - 2014 Posted: May 31 – June 1, 2014, The New York Times
In memoriam: Retired music professor Margery Mayer Steen Posted: May 19, 2014, The Wagnerian
Margery Mayer, 96 Posted: May 20, 2014, The Staten Island Advance
California
Margery Mayer Voutsas 1918 - 2014 Posted: June 6 to 8, 2014, Monterey County, The Herald
Chicago
More: Tribute to Home Town Girl of Margery Mayer Voutsas 1918 – 2014
By Joan Giangrasse Kates, Special to The Chicago Tribune
Memorial Service in Carmel, CA
More: Memorial Service Invitation and Bulletin
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- Mayer Repertoire 8: Photo: Ray Lee Jackson, NBC Studios.
