As to the original request for a 'memberer, insisting that you start with the Ionian (Major scale) is completely unnecessary. The minor is arguably much more often used, and if you start with it, the modes, in ascending order are:

Aolian
Locrian
Ionian
Dorian
Phrygian
Lydia
Mixolydian

"Any Lassie Is Dumb Pursuing Laddies' Money."
"Any Lady is Damned Pursuing Losers' Money." (Adults only version)

(If it's "sexist" offensive, swap Lassie/Lady and Laddie/Loser. It'll still be sexist, but different people will be offended.)

It may be just personal stupidity, but it seems to me that one really needs to abandon the attachment to the major and minor - just forget about them - in order to really appreciate the other modes.

As a further "jog" for the memory that results if you start with Aeolian, on the white keys of the piano Aeolian starts on A. (Ionian doesn't start on the I key.)

John