Mavis Taber, age 87, passed away on August 5, 2020, after waging a year-long battle against pancreatic cancer. Mavis was born October 15, 1932, in Howard Lake, MN. She was preceded in death by the love of her life, LeRoy. Mavis and LeRoy married on May 9, 1953. She is survived by the six children she and LeRoy raised - Coleen Grooms, Sue Seitz (Chris), Cindy Gayheart (Troy), Linda Stepanovich, Patty Rohen (Jerry), and Scott Taber (Kris).
Throughout her life she was blessed with the presence of her 16 grandchildren and numerous great and great great grandchildren who she entertained with her keyboard skills and to whom she passed on her vast library of cooking and baking recipes and love for doing jigsaw puzzles. Mavis is survived by two sisters and two brothers (Marcella Major, Myron Lahr, Ed Lahr, and Dianna Boettcher), her aunt Delores Lahr, and many nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her brother Melmer Lahr and her son-in-law Damian Grooms. In addition to raising her six kids, Mavis was a long-time fitness instructor at Panopoulos Salons and a manager at Clements Young Ages. Mavis spent much of her retirement building and operating a golf course on her family farm in Minnesota, playing golf, doing crossword puzzles and enjoying the company of her family and friends. Mavis had been an active member of Hope Lutheran Church for over 50 years.
A celebration of life will be held at a time and location to be shared by the family at a later date.
Private interment of cremains will take place at Fort Custer National Cemetery.
In lieu of flowers please consider a donation to either the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network at https://www.pancan.org/ or Faith Hospice at https://faithhospicecare.org/
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