Meyer, Lena Martha (Schweinefus) 1899 - 1975

MEYER, HARTMAN, SCHWEINEFUS, STENDEL, KIPP

Posted By: Reid R. Johnson (email)
Date: 1/3/2015 at 16:10:35

Postville Herald, Wed., 12 Nov. 1975.

Funeral services were conducted Tuesday, November 11 at 1:00 p.m. at St. Paul Lutheran Church, Postville, for Lena Martha Meyer, who died at her home in Postville November 8. Rev. Conrad Simonson officiated. Interment was in the Postville Cemetery.

Lena was born February 17, 1899 at Ossian, the daughter of William and Christine Hartman Schweinefus. She was baptized and confirmed at Zion Lutheran Church, Castalia. December 17, 1912, she was married to Henry Louis Meyer. They farmed in the Ossian and Postville area until moving to Postville in 1934.

She was (p)receded in death by her husband in 1967, her parents; a son, Vernas; two brothers, William and Henry Schweinefus; three sisters, Malinda Stendel, Vena Schweinefus and Caroline Kipp.

She is survived by a son, Victor of St. Joseph, Missouri; seven grandchildren and 19 great-grandchildren.