MEYER, Raymond J. c1903-1921

MEYER

Posted By: County Coordinator
Date: 8/6/2011 at 00:30:27

Birth: 1903
Stacyville, Mitchell County, Iowa.

Death: Jun. 24, 1921
Stacyville, Mitchell County, Iowa.
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Raymond Meyer

The high water of Cedar River claimed four victims in Mitchell county the latter part of last week. The first of these was Raymond Meyer, son of Mr. and Mrs. Peter Meyer, who was drowned Friday evening. Raymond was a lad of only seventeen years and was working for Ed Wiesenfehl on the farm about four miles north of Stacyville.

Mr. and Mrs. Wiesenfehl had been called to Stacyville that afternoon by the death of the latter's father, Math Diederich, and left their children to stay with young Meyer during the night. In the evening Raymond attempted to ford the river on a horse and go after the cattle, the eldest of the Wiesenfehl children, a lad of eight, having gone with him. He said he told Raymond not to try to cross the river, but the latter said he was not afraid.

In some manner the unfortunate boy lost his hold on the horse when he made a lunge and was thrown into the river. The Wiesenfehl lad went home and as the children were all small no alarm was given. Mr. and Mrs. Wiesenfehl returned home during the night, but the children were all asleep at the time and they were not told of the terrible accident until the next morning. Search was made all day Saturday for the body, but it was not found until Sunday morning when a farmer about a mile or so down the river, going across on a horse, discovered the remains of the boy, they having been washed up on the sand by the water, which had gone down considerably by that time.

Osage News, Osage, Mitchell County, Iowa
Sunday, June 26, 1921

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NOTES:

Parents:
Peter Joseph Meyer (1864-1949)
Adelheid Wolf Meyer (1872-1945)

Burial:
Sacred Heart Cemetery, Meyer, Mitchell county, Iowa.