Fortified with the sacraments of Holy Mother Church, Monday May 18, 2026.
Beloved son of the late John and Laurine Mayer; loving brother of Paul (Elizabeth) Mayer, Philomena (Sr. Laurinda) Mayer, SSCC and the late Margaret (the late Ken) Atzert; dear uncle, great uncle and friend.
Father Mayer was ordained a priest on December 16, 1964, by Bishop Francis F. Reh, then rector of the North American College in Rome. His service to the Archdiocese of St. Louis included the following:
1965 Associate Pastor – St. Timony Parish (Affton); 1965 Faculty -DuBourg High School; 1966 Associate Pastor – St. Dominic Savio Parish (Affton); 1969 Associate Pastor – St. Ferdinand Parish; 1974 Associate Pastor – Holy Redeemer Parish; 1977 Associate Pastor – Sacred Heart Parish (Crystal City); 1979 Associate Pastor -Our Lady of Lourdes Parish (University City); 1983 Associate Pastor – St. Catherine of Alexandria Parish (Riverview Gardens); 1990 Associate Pastor – St. Blaise Parish (Maryland Heights); 1992 Pastor – St. Alphonsus Parish (Millwood); 2001 Pastor -St. Joseph Parish (Farmington) ; 2002 Senior Associate – St. Justin Martyr Parish ; 2011 Retired – residence at St. John the Baptist Parish (St. Louis); 2021 Retired – residence at Mary, Queen and Mother Home.
Services; Visitation at Seven Holy Founders Catholic Church (6737 South Rock Hill Road 63123), Wednesday May 27, 9:00 AM until funeral mass at 10:00 AM. Interment Resurrection Cemetery.
Sending my deepest sympathies to the family of Fr John🙏🏻 A kind & wonderful priest. It was a pleasure to know him when he was at St John the Baptist
I was an altar boy for him at St Timothy parish. He was very kind and thoughtful priest. I wish his tenure at St Timothy had been longer.
He was a favorite priest of our family when he was at St. Dominic Savio. Mom would invite him over for dinner and he’d say Mass in our home, and played games outside with the neighborhood kids. Such a good man.
Well done, good and faithful servant.
Fr. Mayer was a good friend to our family of eight kids. He would take us water skiing at Winter Park on the Meramec River. In 1976 when my brother Jeffrey died in a fall on a Holy Redeemer field trip to Rockwoods Reservation, it fell upon him to come to the house to tell my mom, and then go with her to tell my dad. One Christmas Eve after he retired, he came to my mom’s condo and said Mass for the family when she was no longer able to get out. “Well done, good and faithful servant.”