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Margaret Minnie Meyer 1923-2008

BULMAN, WENIG, MEYER, STAGGEMEYER, LAMPORT, FRITZ, MEINERS, FRUECHTE

Posted By: Mary Durr (email)
Date: 12/26/2008 at 19:43:52

Margaret Minnie Meyer

Margaret M. Meyer, 85, of Waukon, and formerly of Dorchester, died Wednesday, September 3, 2008 at her home in Waukon. Funeral services were held Sunday, September 7 at St. Luke's United Church of Christ, Eitzen, MN, with Rev. Kent and Rev. Deb Meyer officiating. Burial was held in the church cemetery.

Margaret Minnie Meyer was born August 19, 1923 in rural Dorchester, the daughter of Truman and Leona (Bulman) Wenig. She attended country school in the rural Dorchester area. Margaret was a housekeeper for Alvin Meyer and a caregiver to his children for several years.

October 4, 1949 she married Alvin John Meyer at the Little Brown Church in Nashua. They farmed together in Union City Township in rural Dorchester for many years. She and Alvin moved to Waukon in 1969. Margaret moved to Southridge apartments in January of 2006.

She was a member of St. Luke's United Church of Christ and its ladies aid. Margaret also served as historian for the Waukon Senior Citizen Club. Margaret enjoyed playing cards and dominoes, putting puzzles together, scrap booking, quilting and fishing. She also enjoyed spending time with family and friends.

Survivors include her sons, Gordon (Cheryl) Meyer of North Little Rock, AR and John (Kathleen) Meyer of Dorchester; eight grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; a sister, Evelyn (Milton) Staggemeyer of Eitzen, MN; and a son-in-law, Dennis (Jill) Lamport of Indianola. She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Alvin, who died in 1990; a daughter, Janice Lamport; a granddaughter, Deanne Lamport; and three sisters, Nadine Fritz, Lorna Meiners and Donna Lou Fruechte.

Casketbearers were Ronnie and Greg Meiners, Duane and Romaine Wenig, Mark Staggemeyer and Doug Meyer.

The Waukon Standard, September 10, 2008
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