MEIER, Julius 1907-1992

MEIER, ADOLPHS, ERNST, ROLFES, MCCLURE

Posted By: County Coordinator
Date: 9/7/2012 at 13:13:39

Julius Meier, 84, former resident of Rockford, Iowa, died on October 25, 1992, at the Floyd County Memorial Hospital in Charles City, Iowa.

Funeral services will be held on Thursday at the Bethany Alliance Church in Charles City, with Rev. S. Loopstra officiating. Burial is to be at the Riverside Cemetery at Rockford.

Julius Meier was born on November 18, 1907 in Lemgo, Lippe Detmold, Germany, the son of Fred and Dorothea (Adolphs) Meier. He received his education in Germany, coming to the United States in 1924.

On November 17, 1932 he was married to Elma Ernst, at Mason City, Iowa. The couple engaged in farming, and spent their years in the Rockford area, until ill health intervened. For the past five and one half years Mr. Meiers has been a resident of the 9th Street Chautauqua Home in Charles City.

He was a member of the Bethany Alliance Church. He and his wife, Elma, of 900 9th St., Charles City; a daughter, Doris Rolfes of Minneapolis; a son, Eugene, of Rockford; a brother, Gus Meier of Clear Lake, and a sister, Paula McClure of Mason City; also, six grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by his parents, a brother, and an infant son, Leland.

[Nora Springs Advertiser - Rockford Register, 28 OCT 1992]