MEYER, Ruth (Mannetter) 1912-1999

MEYER, MANNETTER, BEKEMEIER

Posted By: County Coordinator
Date: 8/20/2010 at 19:59:04

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RUTH MEYER

CHARLES CITY - Ruth (Mrs. Harold) Meyer, 86, of 1308 "E" Street, died Sunday (April 18, 1999) at the Salsbury Baptist Home, Charles City.

Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Saturday at the St. John Evangelical Lutheran Church, Main and Gilbert Streets, Charles City. Burial will be in the Riverside Cemetery.

Visitation is tentatively set for noon to 9 p.m. Friday at the Fullerton Hage Funeral Home, 401 Blunt St., Charles City, with the family receiving friends from 4 to 8 p.m. Visitation will continue one hour prior to services at the church.

Fullerton Hage Funeral Home (515) 228-4211.

Globe Gazette online -- April 21, 1999
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RUTH (MRS. HAROLD) MEYER

CHARLES CITY, IOWA - Ruth (Mrs. Harold) Meyer, 86, of 1308 E Street, Charles City, died Sunday (April 18, 1999) at the Salsbury Baptist Home, Charles City, following an extended illness of colon cancer.

Funeral services will be 10:30 a.m. Saturday, April 24, at the St. John Evangelical Lutheran Church, Main and Gilbert Streets, Charles City, with the Revs. Dennis D. Niezwaag and Mark A. Anderson officiating. Burial will be in the Riverside Cemetery, Charles City.

Friends may call from noon to 9 p.m. today at the Fullerton Hage Funeral Home, 401 Blunt St., Charles City, with the family present from 4 to 8 p.m. to receive friends. Visitation will continue one hour prior to services at the church.

Mrs. Meyer, the former Ruth M. Mannetter, was born Nov. 14, 1912, in Hubbard, the daughter of Carl and Mary (Bekemeier) Mannetter. When Ruth was a teenager, she moved with her family to Charles City.

On June 1, 1932, at the St. John Lutheran Parsonage, she was united in marriage to Harold H. Meyer. The couple made their home at the E Street residence in Charles City for nearly 50 years. Mr. Meyer died Jan. 16, 1989, at their home in Charles City.

For many years, Mrs. Meyer was a babysitter for numerous children. She was a member of the St. John Evangelical Lutheran Church, the WELCA, the Dorcas Circle and the Christian Ones group of the church. She had also taught Sunday School at St. John for nearly 30 years.

Mrs. Meyer was a member of the Charles City Womens Club, the Charles City Area Senior Citizens, the Pythian Sisters Temple No. 84 of Charles City, the FCNB Heritage Club and the Knitting Club. She also participated in volunteer work for Hospice of North Iowa, Charles City Satellite.

Those thankful for sharing Ruth's life include her two children, Mrs. Betty Drew of Decorah, and Darwyn Meyer and his wife, Sue, of Chico, Calif.; two sisters, Laura Henry and her husband, Wilbur, of Floyd, and Mrs. Jean Wise of Pasadena, Calif.; two brothers, Eric Mannetter, of Marin County, Calif., and Agan "Dutch" Mannetter and his wife, Barbara, of Charles City; eight grandchildren; 15 great-grandchildren; and one great-great-grandchild.

In addition to her parents and husband, she was preceded in death by her son-in-law, Richard Drew; three brothers, Zeke, Edmund and O. Mannetter; and three sisters, Helga Snowmeyer, Edith Owens and Helene Mannetter.

Those considering an expression of sympathy may direct memorials to St. John Evangelical Lutheran Church, Salsbury Baptist Home or the Hospice of North Iowa, Charles City Satellite.

Fullerton Hage Funeral Home (515) 228-4211.

[Globe Gazette, April 23, 1999]

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The Social Sec. Death Index says:

MEYER, RUTH M.
b: 14 Nov 1912
d: 18 Apr 1999 (Verified)
age: 86
res: 50616 (Charles City, Floyd, IA)
SSN: Iowa 482-62-1117