Emma Maria Eggert Meier

EGGERT, SCHROEDER, EBERLING, OTTSEN, KNODT, WEIHE

Posted By: Karen Muchow (deceased)
Date: 9/28/2006 at 16:41:28

Rites Held For Mrs. C. F. Meier

Emma Maria (nee Eggert) Meier, the daughter of Henry Eggert and Maria Schroeder, was born March 16, 1876, in Clayton county, near Postville, and died on December 8, 1965, at the Good Neighbor Home, Manchester, at the age of 89 years, eight months and 22 days. She was baptized in St. Paul Lutheran Church on July 16, 1876, confirmed on March 30, 1890, and was married to Carl F. Meier on December 21, 1898. To this union were born two daughters, Pearl (Mrs. H. F. Eberling) of Hot Springs, Arkansas, and Helene (Mrs. Kenneth Ottsen) of Cedar Rapids.

She is survived by her daughters; seven grandchildren; four great grandchildren; and many other relatives and friends.

She was preceded in death by her husband; her parents; two brothers Henry and William Eggert; five sisters, Bertha and Matilda, Mary (Mrs. Henry Knodt), Sophia (Mrs. Fred Eberling) and Anna (Mrs. William Weihe).

She was a lifetime member of St. Paul Lutheran Church in Postville, and was an honor roll member of the Lutheran Church Women.

Funeral services were held Friday, December 10, at St. Paul Lutheran Church, Postville, the Rev. Ray Holmquist in charge. Burial was in the Postville cemetery.