MIDDLETOWN, Conn. — Herbert Greenleaf Mayo, 82, of Haddam, Conn., husband of the late Madelyn (Luce) Mayo, passed away on Tuesday, Nov. 23, at Middlesex Hospital.

He was born in Lewiston, the son of the late Dwight and Marion (Griffith) Mayo.

Herbert grew up in Lewiston and moved to Connecticut in 1957, where he was Boys Work Secretary at the New Britain YMCA for eight years accomplishing an expanded outdoor facility. In 1965, he became Director of Northern Middlesex YMCA working for 26 years retiring in 1991. Within in these 26 years, Herbert pioneered programs for women and incorporated the first woman on the Board of Directors, opened shelters for teens, instituted the first state funded daycare, opened a halfway house for former CVH patients, started other innovative programs, NYPUM, enlarged Ingersoll Day Camp to serve more than 200 youths, and updated present YMCA facilities through a multi-million dollar expansion.

He was also a member of TOPS, member and past president of Middletown Exchange Club (first service club to accept women), served on City of Middletown Recreation Committee, the CDAP, cooperator of Middlesex Hospital and Liberty Bank, member and former president of CAGM, member of RSVP and a consultant to Middlesex Community Technical College. Herbert was a member of First Church of Christ of Middletown, enjoyed golfing, Bridge, following the Red Sox and his love of family.

He is survived by his son, Theodore D. Mayo and his wife, Nancy, of Waterbury, Conn.; his daughter, Rebecca M. Cubeta and her husband, Christopher, of Haddam, Conn.; four grandchildren, Jessie Mayo, Austin Mayo, Corey Cubeta and Adam Cubeta; one great-grandchild, Richard A. Castaldi; and two sisters, Virgilyn McCann of California, and Louise Griffin of Maine.

Messages of condolence may be sent to the family at www.doolittlefuneralservice.com.