He is remembered for his warm and easy way. They found all but one container that was dropped with them. The other thing I will always remember about Roger is what an awesome dad he was to Austin. Intelligence collected by Fred Mayer allowed the Army Air Corps to bomb 26 Nazi military trains, blocking the Brenner Pass, a key passage used by the German military to move supplies across the Alps and throughout Nazi-occupied Europe to the war front, according to Rockefeller's former website. You have funeral questions, we have answers. My prayers are with you all during this tragic time. He is survived by : his sister Irene Mayer; and his cousin William Mayer (Delphine). The rules of war are to win." Fred Mayer and his comrades parachuted into Austria in 1945 and spent months organizing elements of the anti-Nazi resistance, collecting vital intelligence about German troop movements, spying on war factories and infrastructure, and tracking the whereabouts of Mussolini and Hitler, according to an account on the website of then-West Virginia Sen. Jay Rockefeller, who before he retired wrote to President Obama urging him to recognize Fred Mayer's actions. He donated his body to medical research at the West Virginia School of Medicine. Obituary. Gay Connolly. I am so sorry about Roger. He is survived by his wife of 48 years Jan MacCasler Perry of Tulsa, Oklahoma and sons Frederick MacCasler (Rick) Mayer, Anthony Rickard (Tony) Mayer, and daughter Perry Ellen Mayer, his sister and brother-in-law Elizabeth M. and Duncan E. Boeckman of Dallas, two nieces and one nephew, Daniel Duncan Boeckman of Dallas. "That was cool," Mayer . Joseph Mayer - Historical records and family trees - MyHeritage Frederick Weindelmayer Obituary - Little River, SC - Dignity Memorial With the Nazis systematic anti-Semitism growing more onerous in the mid-1930s, Fritz and his mother pushed his father, who had a metal-fabricating shop, to flee the country. Create an obituary. Echovita offers a solidarity program that gives back the funds generated to families. Islam's work covers government corruption, justice, health, environment, energy, policy and . When his trial was successful in April 1955, church bells rang and . He lived by a practical motto: "Do your best at everything every day, control what you can, and what you can't, don't worry about". Prepare a personalized obituary for someone you loved.. February 10, 1935 - Saturday NKY HS roundup: Beechwood, Walton-Verona baseball advance in