Meyer, Bertha L. 1872 - 1914

MEYER, SONNKALB, LEUI

Posted By: Reid R. Johnson (email)
Date: 12/18/2012 at 15:59:37

Postville Review, Fri., 20 March 1914. From the Belle Plaine Union.

At the family home on Monday, March 9, 1914, following an illness dating back to last September, Mrs. John C. Meyer passed away. Bertha L. Sonnkalb was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. F. W. Sonnkalb and was born at Postville, Iowa, on August 6, 1872. She was married to John C. Meyer at Cresco, Iowa, March 9, 1897, and he and two sons, Oliver and Lawrence, are left to mourn the loss of a faithful and loving wife and mother. Mrs. Meyer was a woman of quiet disposition, whose chief pleasure was found in the home and among her friends. There by her kindly loving disposition and exemplary christian life, she created a place such that her absence will create a void.-- Belle Plaine Union.

The remains were brought back to Postville on Wednesday of last week and on the afternoon of the following day funeral services were held at the home of Mr. and Mrs. John Leui. Interment in the Grand Meadow cemetery.

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