Norbert A. Meyer 1927-2009

BENEKE, MEYER, SHEFELBINE, FORD

Posted By: Mary Durr (email)
Date: 12/16/2009 at 10:17:19

Thursday, November 19, 2009 Dubuque Telegraph Herald newspaper

Norbert A. Meyer
WAUKON, Iowa -- Norbert Armin Meyer, 82, of Waukon, formerly of Dubuque, died Monday, Nov. 16, 2009, at Good Samaritan Center, Waukon, following a brief illness.

Memorial services will be held at a later date. The Martin Funeral Home, Waukon, is in charge of arrangements.

He was born on March 12, 1927, in La Crosse, Wis., son of Henry and Frieda (Beneke) Meyer. Norbert and his family moved to Eitzen, Minn., at a young age, and he graduated from Caledonia High School in Caledonia, Minn.

Norbert served in the Navy at the conclusion of World War II on the USS Butler. After the service, he worked as a farmhand.

He married Doris Ann Shefelbine on Oct. 20, 1951, at Dorchester Methodist Church in Dorchester.

Norbert and Doris lived in Dubuque where he worked for Interstate Power Co. as a mechanic, retiring in 1989.

He was a member of the American Legion in Dubuque and the Veterans of Foreign War in Waukon.

Norbert spent many enjoyable hours on his farm, fixing most of what was broken and not worrying about the little things.

Surviving are his wife of 58 years, Doris Ann Meyer, of Waukon; his children, Larry (Karen) Meyer, of Dubuque, and their children, Melinda and Emily, Laina (Darrell) Ford, of Waukon, and their children, Ericka and Melissa (Alex) Kaltsas, and their son, Owen, of Grinnell, and Kenneth (Theresa) Meyer, of Cedar, Minn., and their children, Dylan and Tanya; a brother, Merlin Meyer, of Caledonia; two sisters-in-law, Beverly Meyer and Linda Meyer, both of Eitzen; and by extended families from the farm and children.

He was preceded in death by his parents; two brothers, Irvin and Ronald Meyer; and a sister-in-law, Louella Meyer.

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