Mayer, Beatrice Cummings

BEATRICE CUMMINGS MAYER, 97, of Chicago, Illinois, born in Montreal, Canada, died peacefully at home on September 15, 2018, surrounded by her family. Known fondly to the world as “Buddy,” she was a passionate philanthropist and force for positive change in the world. Buddy was a champion of the underserved and an advocate for the physically disabled and elderly. She and her beloved late husband, Bob, were pioneering art collectors. Above all, she was a fiercely devoted mother to her daughter, Ruth F. Mayer, and her husband, Akiva Gross, and her late son, Robert N. Mayer, and daughter-in-love, Debra E. Weese-Mayer. She was a proud and loving grandmother to Jennifer Mayer and her husband, Richard Deitchman, to Jaimie Mayer and her husband, Daniel Raiffe, to Jonathan Mayer and his fiancée, Elisabeth Theodore, to Rachel Durchslag, and to Danielle Durchslag and her husband, Aamir Wyne, and cherished aunt to many nieces and0nephews. The family expresses their gratitude to her devoted caregiver, Zofia Mazur. Buddy will be dearly missed by the many hearts she touched. Service Sunday,1PM, September 23, 2018 at The Ritz Carlton, 160 E. Pearson St., Chicago, IL 60611. Private family entombment at Rosehill Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, please consider a donation to Access Living, 115 W. Chicago Ave., Chicago, IL 60654, www.accessliving.org or the Museum of Contemporary Art, 220 E. Chicago Ave., Chicago, IL 60611, www.mcachicago.org. Arrangements by Chicago Jewish Funerals - Skokie Chapel, 847.229. 8822, www.cjfinfo.com