originally from Staten Island, NY, lived in Teaneck, NJ for over 50 years and for the past 17 years lived in Pensacola, FL. She was preceded in death by her parents, Elizabeth Onorato Roma and Philip Anthony
Roma. For 44 years, she was married to the late Dr. Eli Scheer. While married to Eli, she was a devoted and supportive wife, always entertaining his colleagues, friends and family. She and Eli enjoyed the finer things in life and collected fine art and traveled in their spare time. In her later years, Maria volunteered for Manna Food Bank.
Maria is survived by her daughter, Audrie Denson (late Reuben Denson), George Drobnack and her son, Miles Richard Scheer (Penelope), her grandchildren Julie Boucher (Robert), Dawn Spellings (Glenn), Rebecca Scheer (Nick Carvajal), and Pamela Scheer (Gregory Leibert) and great grandchildren Spencer, Alexandria, and Harvey Boucher, Peyton and Brooklyn Spellings, Jeffrey and John Carvajal, and soon-to-be baby Leibert. She is also survived by Marjorie D’Ascensio, (Frank, children and their families), Barrie Silver and Virginia Brown.
Maria was a classy and beautiful woman who had a passion for cooking, gardening, entertaining and reading. She was very creative and artistic and was incredibly generous to those she loved. What people will probably miss most about her is her feisty personality, which brought many laughs and smiles to everyone who knew her. Maria will surely be missed by many.
Services will be held at Oak Lawn Funeral Home, on Wednesday, May 2nd. The viewing will be at 11am,
followed by a service and reception. Those who were lucky enough to know her are welcome to attend. Maria will be laid to rest with her parents in the St. Joseph’s Cemetery in Hackensack, New Jersey.
A special thank you to the Veranda Assisted Living Facility, Emerald Coast Hospice, Zandra Bohanan, and her loving caretakers.
