Brigitte Margaret Meyer-Jenniges (1927-2020)

MEYER-JENNIGES

Posted By: Ken Wright (email)
Date: 7/7/2020 at 13:51:34

Brigitte Margarete Klara Ilse Meyer-Jenniges of Marion, Iowa, was born May 16, 1927, and passed away peacefully Monday, July 6, 2020, at the age of 93. Murdoch-Linwood Funeral Home & Cremation Service in Cedar Rapids assisted the family.

She was born in Berlin, Germany, daughter of Franz and Gertrud Müller, and went through World War II as a teenager. She met her husband, Willard R. Meyer, working as an interpreter for the United States Army. He served in the United States Army Occupation Forces, stationed in Berlin. They were married on May 14, 1948, in Germany.

Immigrating to America in 1949, Brigitte and Willard settled in Cedar Rapids, and raised a family of five; three boys and two girls. Willard “Bill” Meyer passed way in 1975 at the age of 47. In 1988, she remarried Josef P. Jenniges from Cologne, Germany. He passed in 2018 at the age of 93.

Brigitte is survived by her five children, Christina A. Taleghani Ford (Kambiz), Willard H. “Bill” Meyer (Sheila), Daniel W. Meyer, Victoria A. Korf (TJ), and Martin T. Meyer. She is also survived by twelve grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren. Brigitte is also survived by an only sister, Felicitas Marschner of Berlin, Germany, along with many loving family members.

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