Paul R. Mateer Jr., 90, of Oakland, went home on Wednesday, March 1, 2023, to be with his Heavenly Father.

Paul was born on April 27, 1932, and was the oldest child of Paul R. Mateer Sr. and Ruth Flanigan Mateer. Paul Jr., as he was called, was also preceded in death by a sister, Mary Jane Cotton.

Paul was a 1950 graduate of Parsons High School and a 1960 graduate of WVU School of Forestry. He served in the United States Army during the Korean War and was proud to be able to attend college on the GI Bill. He moved to Garrett County with his wife, Willetta, and son, "Rick", in 1961, when he joined the Maryland Department of Natural Resources as a project forester. He was also a member of the Maryland Christmas Tree Growers Association. He also had a landscaping and tree trimming business and helped his wife, Willetta, with her CPA business. After retirement, Paul and Willetta enjoyed traveling, taking train and boat cruise excursions.

He is survived by his love of 65 years, Willetta (Wythe) Mateer; two sons, Paul Richard and his wife, Leslie, of Charleston, W.Va., and Mark Stanley and his wife, Julia, of Lakewood Ranch, Fla.; and his daughter, Mary Beth Cummings and husband, Tom, of Oakland. Paul is also survived by his nine grandchildren, Bethanie Mateer and husband, Zach Coakley, of Hico, W.Va., Sarah Martin and husband, Christian, of Bruceton Mills, W.Va., Daniel Mateer and wife, Allison, of Morgantown, W.Va., Joseph Mateer and wife, Shawna, of Ellenton Fla., Phillip Mateer, of Bradenton, Fla., Caroline Magana and husband, Carlos, of Bradenton, Elizabeth Callis and husband, Ian Irvine, Aaron Callis and Haley Oliphant, of Elkins, W.Va., and Anna Callis, of Gaithersburg; seven great-grandchildren, Landon Coakley, Owen Coakley, Grace Mateer, Jack Mateer, Ella Mateer, Christian Martin and Gretchen Martin; and a sister, Sue Ager, of Berwick, Pa.

Friends will be received at C & S Fredlock Funeral, P.A., 21 N. 2nd St., Oakland. on Friday, March, 3, 2023, from 4 to 7 p.m.

A funeral service will be held at St. Paul's United Methodist Church, 318 E. Oak St., Oakland, on Saturday, March 4, 2023, at 11 a.m.

Interment will follow in Pleasant Valley Cemetery with military honors accorded by the combined honor guard of the American Legion Proctor Kildow Post 71 and the Deer Park VFW Post 10077.

In lieu of flowers, the family asks for donations to Landon's Library and Garrett Lakes Arts Festival, in honor of Paul Mateer.

The C & S Fredlock Funeral Home is honored to be serving the Mateer family.