Mary Lynn Weiss

June 8, 1940 – December 11, 2013

Mary Lynn Weiss passed away Wednesday, December 11, 2013, at the age of 73, after enduring a 12-year siege of Alzheimer's disease.

She was born in Amarillo, Texas on June 8, 1940, to the late James E. Taylor and Alice Oleta (Belcher) Sinclair. She is survived by her husband of 48 years, Theodore (Ted) J. Weiss; her son, Taylor P. Weiss, his wife Megan J. McKean, and their children, James T. Weiss and Lucie T. McKean; her daughter, Britton E. (Weiss) Roberts and her husband Paul A. Roberts, and their children, William J. Roberts and Emily E. Roberts; and her hanai children: Jonathan B. Grems, Jennifer M. (Wargo) Grems and Alexis L. Grems.  She was preceded in death by her siblings:  Anna Clarice (Taylor) Garrett and James Edward Taylor, lII.

She graduated from Amarillo High School in 1958, attended and received a Bachelor of Music Education (BME) degree from Eastern New Mexico University in 1963 and a Master of Music (MM) degree from Wright State University in 1982. She also attended the University of Oklahoma, Rollins College, and the University of Florida continuing studies in music, history, humanities, and the Holocaust.

She was a musician and a teacher of music, history, and the humanities until she retired in 2000. She taught at all levels, grade school, middle school, high school and college.  She developed and taught a humanities course for high school. She loved teaching and her students, especially her "worthless little toads" at St. Andrew's Priory School in Honolulu, Hawaii. She played violin and viola in 10 orchestras, including the Dayton Philharmonic Orchestra.

An Air Force wife, she supported her husband throughout his career, which included 19 different houses and two remote tours.

She was loved and loving as a wife, mother, tutu, friend, teacher, mentor and patient. A special thanks to the care givers and staff for their wonderful and loving care at Freedom House, Air Force Village II, San Antonio TX. She will be missed by all who knew her. In lieu of flowers, a memorial fund has been established at St. Andrews Priory School, 224 Queen Emma Square, Honolulu HI 96813 in her name.