Metta Hybschamm Hyrup 1866-1958

HYRUP, HYBSCHAMM, MYERS, MEYERS

Posted By: Merllene Andre Bendixen (email)
Date: 4/5/2011 at 20:12:59

Mrs. John Hyrup Died Monday A.M. After Short Illness
Funeral rites were held yesterday afternoon for Mrs. John Hyrup from the Baptist church with the Rev. G. E. Forssell officiating. Burial was made in Oakhill cemetery.

Metta Hypensen was born in Copenhagen in 1886 [1866] and married there to John Hyrup. Three children were born to this union after the couple came to the U.S. They were Mary E. Myers, Peter and Salina [Stena] Hyrup. She was preceded in death by her husband and two children, Mary and Peter.

Mrs. Hyrup passed away at the Holy Family hospital Monday [June 5, 1944] morning about three o’clock following a week of illness during [which] she was bedfast.

A son-in-law, E. Meyers of St. Paul came for services and left this morning. Her daughter is the only surviving near relative. (Vindicator and Republican, Estherville, IA, June 8, 1944)

Note: per 1925 census, maiden name Hybschamm; John Hyrup’s obituaries show 3 other variations.