Mrs. WILLARD A. (Florence S. Schroeder) MEYER 1919-1993

DAHL, SCHROEDER, MEYER, ASHBACHER, HURLBUT, HENDERSON, BLIETZ, KUGEL

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Date: 4/20/2005 at 13:43:13

Mrs. WILLARD A. (Florence S. Schroeder) MEYER

Florence Sophia Wilhelmina Meyer, daughter of Henry W. and Sophia (Dahl) Schroeder, was born December 15, 1919 in Bloomfield Township, near Castalia, Iowa. She died at her home in Postville on Tuesday, December 7, 1993. She was 73.

She was baptized December 30, 1919 by the Rev. E. Schmidt at the home of her parents and was confirmed April 9, 1933 at St. Paul Lutheran Church in Postville by the Rev. Garten. She graduated from Postville High School in 1937.

On November 30, 1939 Florence married Willard A. Meyer at the home of her parents. They had five children. The couple began farming on the Schroeder farm in Bloomfield Township. In 1945 they moved to a farm in Clayton County, on the Gunder Road. They moved to their present home in Postville in 1973.

Florence was a member of the St. Paul Lutheran Church in Postville and of the WELCA. She served as president of the WELCA from 1966 to 1968 and over the years researched and compiled many of the programs for the Bible Study. She was also a member of the Bob's Creek Neighborhood Club, the Monday Club, a 4-H Leader for the Grand Meadow Larks when it began in 1954, the Clayton County Genealogical Society, the Postville Historical Society and KEW's of Castalia.

She is preceded in death by her parents and a brother, Willard Schroeder. She is survived by her husband, Willard, three sons, Roger and his wife, Laura, Byron and his wife, Eileen, all of Postville and Bruce and his wife, Donna of Tripoli; two daughters, Donna and her husband, Albert Ashbacher, of Postville and Michelle and her husband, Matthew Hurlbut of Elkader; eleven grandchildren, Randall Ashbacher and his wife, Jerri, Rodney Ashbacher and his wife, Margie and Rhonda Ashbacher and her fiance, Arth Baccam, Eric Meyer and his fiancee, Sue Matt and Eva and her husband, Michael Henderson, Tricia and Melissa Meyer, Stacey and Bradley Meyer, Brandon and Joshua Blietz; two great-grandchildren, Aaron and Garrett Ashbacher; two sisters-in-law, Opal (Mrs. Willard Schroeder) and Margaret (Mrs. Vernon Kugel) both of Postville.

Funeral services were held Saturday, December 11, 1993 at 11 a.m. at St. Paul Lutheran Church, Postville, Rev. Charles Miller officiating. Special music was provided by Kim Schutte, accompanied by Joann Martins. Burial was in the Postville Cemetery.

Casket bearers were: Randall and Jerri Ashbacher, Rodney and Margie Ashbacher, Rhonda Ashbacher and Arth Baccum, Eric Meyer and Sue Matt, Eva and Michael Henderson, Tricia Meyer, Melissa Meyer, Stacey Meyer, Bradley Meyer, Brandon Blietz and Joshua Blietz.

Schutte Funeral Service of Postville was in charge of arrangements.

Postville Herald - contributed by Mary Durr