Nan Hirschberg Altmayer

Mrs. Nan Hirschberg Altmayer, 94, passed away on Saturday, April 2, at a local hospital. The family will receive friends Monday, April 4, 2016, from 5:30 pm until 7:30 pm at Radney Funeral Home, Mobile. A graveside service will be held Tuesday, April 5, 2016, at 10:30 a.m. at Springhill Avenue Temple Cemetery. A mass will be held Wednesday at 10:00 a.m. at the Sodality Chapel at Springhill College.

Prior to her marriage, Mrs. Altmayer had briefly been a model in New York. Later, she would be a perennial presence on Mobile's best-dressed list. She was a champion skeet shooter, an art gallery owner, and a noted hostess, opening her house, Palmetto Hall, which she restored with her husband, for yearly tours of Mobile's historic homes. With her husband, she was an avid collector of paintings and antiques. She was recognized as Mobilian of the Year for her devotion to community philanthropies. She was particularly known as a benefactor of the Mobile Museum of Art and Springhill College, where her gifts included the administration building known as Nan Altmayer Place, student scholarships, and a faculty chair. She took great pride in the honorary doctorate granted her by the college.

Mrs. Altmayer was preceded in death by her parents, Harold Santree Hirschberg and Rosalie Schwartz Hirschberg, a sister, Jean Seidman, and her husband of 57 years, Jay Pollock Altmayer.

She is survived by her two children, Jay P.(Marjorie) Altmayer II, and Patricia Storace; grandchildren, Joshua Altmayer, Jennifer A.R. Altmayer, and David H. Altmayer, a nephew, Jeffrey H.(Sandy) Seidman, a niece Lynn(Thomas) Pellegrini, a great niece, Jeanann Seidman, and a great nephew, Jayson Seidman.

The family is deeply grateful for the devoted care given Mrs. Altmayer by Meshera Goode, Crystal Edwards, Jennifer Love, Kelly Love, and Jamille James.

The family asks that donations may be made, in lieu of flowers, to the Springhill Avenue Temple or Springhill College.

Condolences may be offered online at www.radneyfuneralhome-mobile.com.