Hannah Beck Meyer, 1862-1930
MEYER, BECK, SELHAVER, WAPLES
Posted By: Clay County IAGenWeb Coordinator (email)
Date: 1/15/2014 at 20:35:06
Mrs. Hannah Beck Meyer passed away suddenly at her home, 1193 North Main street Sunday afternoon, December 28, at 2:40 o'clock. Her death was a shock to her many friends in Spencer and community as she was apparently well on Christmas Eve. Her death was caused by influenza and pneumonia.
Hannah Beck Meyer was born August 5, 1862, in German. She came to this country with her parents at a very young age and located at Minneapolis, Minnesota, two years later moving to a farm near Anoka, Minnesota, where she grew to womanhood. In the fall of 1879 she was united in marriage to Chris Selhaver. To this union six children were born: John, who died in infancy; Fred of Little Rock, Ark.; Ernest of Sedalia, Mo.; Robert of Rockaway, N.J.; Harvey of Trenton, N.J.; and Mrs. Mae Waples of Sioux City, who has been at home with her mother for the past three months. In the spring of 1903 with her family, Mrs. Meyer moved to Spencer and on September 5, 1905, she was united in marriage to August C. Meyer. Mr. Meyer was engaged in farming five and one-half miles south of Spencer where they resided until the spring of 1911 when they moved to Spencer, purchasing a home at 1193 North Main street where she resided until her death.
Funeral services were held last Wednesday afternoon at 2:00 at the home and 2:30 from the Methodist church. Rev. H.E. Hutchinson officiated. Interment was made at Riverside cemetery.
Mrs. R.L. Cobb, Mrs. L.H. Foster, Mrs. Claude Pullen and Mrs. T.H. Johnston sang, "Face to Face," "Beautiful Isle of Somewhere," and "Abide With Me." Pallbearers were A.A. Fena, A.J. Livingston, Frank O'Brien, James Fisher, Joe Maurer and George Heald, Sr.
Those surviving to mourn her death are four sons, Fred, Ernest, Robert and Harvey, one daughter, Mae, three brothers, Gus Beck of Anoka, Minnesota, Julius, of Fargo, North Dakota, and John of Duluth, and ten grandchildren.
Source: Spencer News Herald, Spencer, Clay County, Iowa; January 8, 1931.
Interment in Riverside cemetery
Clay Obituaries maintained by Kris Meyer.
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