Mary Mott Weaver
October 23, 1939 ~ July 11, 2021
Mary Mott Weaver was born Mary Mott Mossman on October 23, 1939 in Huntington WV. She died from Multiple Myeloma, peacefully at home, surrounded by family, Sunday July 11, 2021. She is survived by her loving husband Richard (Dick) Weaver; her daughters Jennifer Weaver and Jill Ramirez; her sons-in-law Chris Stroik and Sergio Ramirez Mena; and her 6 grandchildren, Linus, Milo and Franny Stroik, and Kati, Adrian and Julia Ramirez.
Mary Mott Mossman lived a charmed life. As an only child, she was doted on by her Realtor parents and especially by her bachelor uncles. She was an excellent student, a musician (she won a prestigious Chopin award at age 16), and taught horseback riding at her summer camp. Along the way she gathered ever-so-slightly-spicy stories of dances, boys, and mischievous girlfriends. She graduated HS from Greenbrier College for Women, and went on to Marshall University (homecoming court) and Miami of Ohio, graduating Magna Cum Laude with a degree in English.
Much to her parent’s chagrin, she moved to NYC in 1962, living with wonderful girlfriends and having big adventures. She worked for the mid-century furniture designer Harvey Prober and the IBM art gallery. She was Snow White in the Macy’s Day Parade, and was an IBM “ambassador” at the World’s Fair in 1964.
She had a whirlwind NY romance with a dashing young law student named Dick Weaver, and they married April 24, 1965. In 1966, Dick was required to fulfill his ROTC commitment in Vietnam - but always making lemonade from lemons, Mary moved to Hawaii to be closer when he got R&R. She went home to Huntington just before her first child was born. When he returned, they had their second daughter and moved to the Bay Area in California.
In California, Mary made even more new wonderful friends, skied, sailed, partied, and sewed and wallpapered up a storm. She began her Interior Design career at the Decorating Den, driving her little egg shaped AMC Pacer for house calls.
The family moved to McLean in 1979, and Mary got an additional Interior Design degree at NOVA. She had a successful career that spanned 40 years, beginning with “invented” families for luxury model homes, and moving into boutique private clients with luxury homes, a 100 ft yacht, and vacation homes including a gorgeous villa on St Maarten. She was working with a favorite client just months before she died.
Mary was also a prodigious volunteer. She was on the founding board of Langley Residential Housing Services, was a regular volunteer, trustee, and the in-house designer for Trinity UMC, tutored students in Anacostia, and was an avid and successful fundraiser and booster for those causes she cared most about.
Mary and her wonderful smile made the most of every minute of her life. When she wasn’t working, she was traveling, skiing, sailing, attending concerts, cheering for her favorite sports teams, or hanging out with her grandchildren and her many friends. She and Dick spent regular quality time at their second home on the Eastern Shore of Maryland in the tiny town of Oxford. A highlight of her summer for the past 13 years were the weeks her various grandchildren stayed with them for summer camp, where she biked, kayaked, read stories, had picnics, made root beer floats, and let them stay up way too late.
Mary Mott Mossman lived a charmed life. As an only child, she was doted on by her Realtor parents and especially by her bachelor uncles. She was an excellent student, a musician (she won a prestigious Chopin award at age 16), and taught horseback riding at her summer camp. Along the way she gathered ever-so-slightly-spicy stories of dances, boys, and mischievous girlfriends. She graduated HS from Greenbrier College for Women, and went on to Marshall University (homecoming court) and Miami of Ohio, graduating Magna Cum Laude with a degree in English.
Much to her parent’s chagrin, she moved to NYC in 1962, living with wonderful girlfriends and having big adventures. She worked for the mid-century furniture designer Harvey Prober and the IBM art gallery. She was Snow White in the Macy’s Day Parade, and was an IBM “ambassador” at the World’s Fair in 1964.
She had a whirlwind NY romance with a dashing young law student named Dick Weaver, and they married April 24, 1965. In 1966, Dick was required to fulfill his ROTC commitment in Vietnam - but always making lemonade from lemons, Mary moved to Hawaii to be closer when he got R&R. She went home to Huntington just before her first child was born. When he returned, they had their second daughter and moved to the Bay Area in California.
In California, Mary made even more new wonderful friends, skied, sailed, partied, and sewed and wallpapered up a storm. She began her Interior Design career at the Decorating Den, driving her little egg shaped AMC Pacer for house calls.
The family moved to McLean in 1979, and Mary got an additional Interior Design degree at NOVA. She had a successful career that spanned 40 years, beginning with “invented” families for luxury model homes, and moving into boutique private clients with luxury homes, a 100 ft yacht, and vacation homes including a gorgeous villa on St Maarten. She was working with a favorite client just months before she died.
Mary was also a prodigious volunteer. She was on the founding board of Langley Residential Housing Services, was a regular volunteer, trustee, and the in-house designer for Trinity UMC, tutored students in Anacostia, and was an avid and successful fundraiser and booster for those causes she cared most about.
Mary and her wonderful smile made the most of every minute of her life. When she wasn’t working, she was traveling, skiing, sailing, attending concerts, cheering for her favorite sports teams, or hanging out with her grandchildren and her many friends. She and Dick spent regular quality time at their second home on the Eastern Shore of Maryland in the tiny town of Oxford. A highlight of her summer for the past 13 years were the weeks her various grandchildren stayed with them for summer camp, where she biked, kayaked, read stories, had picnics, made root beer floats, and let them stay up way too late.
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Jill and family, we send our deepest condolences for your loss. Your mom was a delight to be with. I so appreciate her contribution to Key School and help with my home interior – she gave me a vision that lives on in our house. May you find comfort in your memories of the joy she shared so freely.
Dear Family Weaver, our family is keeping your family in our prayers and thoughts.. Nancy and Hildebrando.
Dear Family Weaver, we were honored and blessed to have known Mary. She was a kind,joyful person who will be greatly missed. Receive our prayers for Mary and your family. Hector Garcia Chavarri and Ma.Delfina Rmz de Garcia.
Our friendship began at their home in LakeTahoe when I was pregnant with my third daughter in 1974. Mary and Dick welcomed us all with such genuine warmth. Our four girls loved to played together. Jennifer Weaver taught my Jennifer how to tolerate vegetables, a secret conveyed by her amazing mother Mary! I remember their costume parties and Dick’s ability at the drums. I treasure memories of Mary and I attempting valiantly to play duets at the piano! We shared a love for music and the arts and of WOLF TRAP! I’m chagrined and profoundly saddened by Mary Mott’s passing. However, Dick and Mary shared a deep faith in our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. I’m certain our good Lord has wrapped Mary in His loving arms! RIP, my sweet, treasured friend Mary. I love you! Didi Bremer Rogers Corrigan
Esteemed Weaver Family, Mary’s departure has left us with great pain but also with very beautiful memories. Knowing that she is in peace and in a better place, makes the heart find comfort. We keep Mary and you in our thoughts and prayers and send our affection and our love. Rosalinda Ramírez and Luis Martínez
I only saw Mary at family gatherings. She was truly a lovely woman. Such a lovely smile and always cheerful. So very smart and talented. My heartfelt sympathies to all her family. My husband is in hospice, at home, due to cancer. So, we understand the gravity of their loss. We pray for the peace which passes all understanding as they grieve. May the love of God envelop them all and give them peace. Cort Mankin
Dear Dick, Jennifer and Jill, I am so very sad to hear about Mary’s recent passing. She was such a bright light to all of us, and I know she will be so sorely missed. My mom and dad were both such great friends of the whole Weaver clan … my one comforting thought is that my dad is welcoming Mary into heaven, probably with some sort of sarcastic joke and a Milwaukee’s Best in hand. 🙂 May our good Lord surround you all with love and peace during this most challenging time. You are in our prayers for always. Jennifer Rogers Spencer
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Mary (or Mrs. Weaver as I knew her for years!) was a wonderful person to be around at Trinity UMC. She was so kind and talented and shared her gifts with all around her. I think of her as a sweet and determined Southern woman like my mother, but she also shared the WV heritage of my father. Such grace and poise she possessed! Some of my memories include her activity with Church & Society, and I can picture her working on the the Fellowship Hall kitchen renovation and other Trustee functions as well as good discussions during various Women’s Retreats we both attended. And from the choir loft vantage, I vividly see Mary and Dick sitting on the pulpit side in the first couple of rows. Dick, Jennifer and Jill and your families, you are in my prayers.
Dick, Jennifer, and Jill – You gave Mary a magnificent celebration of her life yesterday. Every part of it was a wonderful tribute to her. Your love for her shined throughout. I was moved by meeting the people who attended and hearing their stories of how they knew Mary. They seemed to span every part of her life – she made good friends everywhere she went. I can’t stop thinking about all I saw, heard and felt yesterday. You already know what I’m just learning – she continues to move people.
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