MEYERS, Anna K. 1922 - 2009

MEYERS, BROWN, THOMPSON, MAAS, EBBERS, MILLER, KLIVEN, TIMMS, WENTWORTH

Posted By: Pat Ludeke (email)
Date: 1/30/2014 at 00:35:22

ANNA K. MEYERS

Anna K. Meyers, 87, of Mason City, Iowa died Wednesday, Nov. 25, 2009 at Hospice of North Iowa in Mason City.

Funeral services were held Monday, Nov. 30, at Our Saviour’s Lutheran Church, Mason City. Officiating was the Rev. Emily Horrell. Interment was in Memorial Park Cemetery. Those planning an expression of sympathy may wish to consider memorials to Hospice of North Iowa. Condolences may be shared with the family at www.Fulertonfh.com

Anna was born one of 13 children to Jacob P. and Stella M. “Brown” Thompson on March 5, 1922 in Manly, Iowa. She attended school in Mason City and graduated when she was 64 years old. For this dedication she received a Governor’s award. She, as the eldest daughter, stayed home as many did to help care for her brothers and sisters. She later worked for the Isolation Hospital located near East Park as a cook. Anna met her future husband, Raymond Meyers, at the band shell in East Park and was united in marriage on Aug. 9, 1941 in Alexandria, La. During the war, while her husband was in service, she worked at a radio tube manufacturing plant in Salt Lake City, Utah and then at a tire factory in California. Ray was wounded in service and over the next year of healing she was at his side in Battle Creek, Mich. and then Missouri. Following his discharge they moved to Mason City where their six children were born.

Anna lived a very private and humble life being ever faithful to her children and grandchildren along with her church. She was very active at Our Saviour’s Lutheran Church where she was a member of WELCA, the Altar guild, quilting group and taught Sunday school. She was a very compassionate woman and would help anyone with anything. An example was her working in the literacy group at NIACC College. Her number one greatest joy was taking care of the grandkids and was known as the cookie grandma and the pink grandma because she sewed clothing for her children and grandchildren. Anna loved following Twins baseball and was sad every fall when the season ended, but looked expectantly towards the start of the season each spring. She liked her life and food plain and simple, and could make a meal out of anything she found in the house.

Those thankful in sharing Anna’s life include her two daughters, Anna Katherine (Kathy) and her husband, Richard Maas, Ellijay, Ga., Wendy Ebbers, Tallahassee, Fla; three sons, Michael J. and his wife, Diana, Meyers, and Stephen R. and his wife, Rosemary, Meyers all of Clear Lake, and Ted, A. Meyers, Mason City; ten grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren; one sister, Cora M. (Donald) Miller, Omaha, Neb.; and her sister-in-law, Shirley Thompson, Arvada, Colo.

Her husband, Raymond; her son, Raymond Charles Meyers, Jr.; sisters, Virginia Kliven, Edith Thompson, Barbara Timms, Stella Wentworth; brothers, Lester, George, Clifford, Chester, Arthur, Loren and Kenneth Thompson preceded Anna in death.

Fullerton Funeral Home and Cremation Services, Mason City, was in charge of arrangements.