MRS. ELMER (Marie J. Wieser) MEYER 1907 - 2003

BURKHART, WIESER, MEYER

Posted By: Mary Durr (email)
Date: 9/23/2003 at 21:20:45

Marie J. Meyer

Telegraph Herald - Wednesday, August 13, 2003

DYERSVILLE, Iowa - Marie J. Meyer, 95, of South San Francisco, Calif., formerly of Dyersville, died Sunday, Jan. 26, 2003, at Peninsula Hospital, Burlingame, Calif., after a short illness.

Friends may call from noon to 1 p.m. Friday at St. Francis Cemetery Chapel, Dyersville. Burial of the cremated remains will be at 1 p.m. Friday in St. Francis Cemetery, Dyersville. The Kramer Funeral Home, Dyersville, is in charge of arrangements.

She was born on July 15, 1907, in Dubuque, daughter of John and Johanna (Burkhart) Wieser.

She worked at Medical Associates as a medical clerk until she married Elmer Meyer on June 26, 1934, in Dubuque. Marie was a homemaker while her husband, Elmer, was co-owner of Meyers Tavern in Dyersville until 1970.

Marie liked to sing and as she grew older, her two favorite songs were "The Old Gray Mare She Ain't What She Used to Be" and "I'm Heading for the Last Roundup." In Dyersville, she liked nothing better than meeting her friends at "Dick's" for an afternoon beer.

Surviving are a son, John P. (Terry) Meyer, of Hillsborough, Calif.; four grandchildren, Joan, Peter, Jenny and Robert; and a stepbrother, Jim Wieser, of San Leandro, Calif.

She was preceded in death by her husband, in 1972; and a son, Billy, in 1938.

Memorials may be sent to the Marie Meyer Memorial Fund, c/o Kramer Funeral Home, 103 Fifth St. SE, Dyersville, Iowa 52040.