Walter Lewis Mayo Jr. ’33

Walt, of St. Paul, Minn., died with his family around him Feb. 22, 2003, in Wethersfield, Conn. He was 91.

He prepared at Saint Paul Academy and attended Princeton and the U. of Minnesota. During WWII he served in the Army Air Corps in the Southwest Pacific. After the war, he joined the family enterprise, the Schuneman Department Store, and became vice president and chief financial officer. He retired after a merger with the Dayton Hudson Co. and was for several years the office manager of the Oppenheimer law firm.

Walt participated in many community and civic organizations, including the University Club of Saint Paul, the Saint Paul Athletic Club, and the Minnesota Club. He was pre-deceased by his wife, Ruth Herbert Mayo, in 1995, and by the loving companion of his later years, Helen Taylor. He is survived by two sons, David and Walter '58; by three grandchildren, one of whom is Andrew '90; and by five great-grandchildren. Walt will be missed by his family and by his classmates.

The Class of 1933