Requiem Mass for Leota Mary Ayer, age 97, of Frederick will be at 9:00 a.m., Thursday, May 7, 2015 at St. Helen Catholic Church with Rev. Father James Wickersham officiating. Graveside and burial will follow at 3:00 p.m., at the Calvary Catholic Cemetery, Enid, Oklahoma with Rev. Father Joe Irwin officiating. Arrangements are under the direction of Jackson Funeral Home of Frederick. Mrs. Ayer passed away on Sunday, May 3, 2015 in Frederick. Leota Mary Scheier Ayer was born on June 26, 1917 in Wichita, Kansas to Lewis and Mary Honora (Mitchell) Scheier. She attended school in Roy, New Mexico and graduated from Roy High School in 1934. She was united in marriage to Charles Maurice Ayer on May 10, 1941 in Roy. He preceded her in death on July 12, 1977. She had worked at Vance Air Force Base in Enid, Oklahoma from 1956 until 1977 in the accounting and finance department. She moved to Frederick in 1984 to be close to her daughter. Leota enjoyed crocheting, reading, doing needlepoint and volunteering at the church. She was a member of St. Helen Catholic Church in Frederick. Survivors include one daughter, Mary Couger of Frederick; two sons, Paul Ayer and his wife Sumiko of Kansas City, Missouri and Neil Ayer and his wife Teresa of Iowa City, Iowa; one brother, Joseph Scheier of Seiling; four grandchildren, Jason Ayer of Guymon, Oklahoma, Cathy Ruiz of Lee's Summit, Missouri, Natalie Bulick of Terre Haute, Indiana and Brian Couger of Stillwater; six great-grandchildren and one great-great-granddaughter. She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Charles Ayer; one son-in-law, Guy Couger; four brothers, Lawerence, Virgil, Paul Scheier and a baby brother who died in infancy; four sisters, Julia Lusk, Josephine Markosky, Margaret Scheier and Loretta Morey; and one grandson, Gerard Ayer.