Mara-Leigh Schafer, 80, passed away on September 3, 2026. She was born in Niagara Falls, New York, on September 8, 1945. She was the daughter of the late Jack and Helen Wisby.

She is survived by her son, Christopher Stephen Schafer and his wife Kara White Schafer of Mount Pleasant, South Carolina, her daughter, Alyson Wynette Wiggins, and her husband Adam Wiggins of Summerville, South Carolina, two grandchildren, Tanner White Schafer and Owen Christopher Schafer, and her sister Wynette Griffith of Mentor, Ohio.

Mara-Leigh married Stephen Francis Schafer in 1971. Together they built a family and shared many years of marriage before Stephen’s passing in 2004.

Throughout her life, Mara-Leigh called several places home, including Niagara Falls, New York; Ashland, Ohio; Downingtown, Pennsylvania; Charlotte, North Carolina; and Mount Pleasant, South Carolina.

Mara-Leigh dedicated much of her professional life to eye care. She worked as an ophthalmology technician in Niagara Falls and Downingtown. Later in her career, she worked as a Clinical Research Coordinator at Horizon Eye Care in Charlotte, North Carolina, and at Bluestein Eye Care in Charleston, South Carolina.

A memorial service for family members will be held at St. George’s Episcopal Church in Summerville on October 12, 2026.

Mara-Leigh will be remembered for her love of family, her straightforward nature, her love of books and shopping, her affection for dogs, cheering on the Ohio State Buckeyes, and the countless memories she created with the people she loved.

Her memory will live on in the family she loved so deeply.