Edward Joseph Meier 1912 - 2005
ROSAUER, MEIER, NIELSEN
Posted By: Connie Swearingen- Volunteer (email)
Date: 9/17/2017 at 20:21:46
Mapleton Press
25 August 2005Longtime Mapleton resident remembered
Edward J Meier, age 92 of Mapleton Iowa died unexpectedly at his residence Saturday. August 13.2005.
Services were held 10 :30 a m Wednesday, August 17 at St Mary's Catholic Church in Mapleton with Msgr. Mark Duchaine officiating. Burial was in the Danbury Catholic Cemetery A vigil wake service was held at 7:00 p m Tuesday at the Armstrong Funeral Home in Mapleton.
Edward Joseph Meier was born October 26, 1912 at Danbury Iowa, the son of Ben and Julia (Rosauer) Meier. He grew up, was educated and farmed in the Danbury area.
On April 21, 1941, he married Delphine Helena Nielsen at Danbury. In 1974, they retired and moved to Mapleton. Ed then continued to help with the farm work on the Bud Patterson and Leo Uhl farms.
Delphine died March 12, 1988.
He was a member of St Mary s Catholic Church in Mapleton. His favorite pastimes were listening to polka music and driving his car. He always was ready with a pocketful of candy for his grandchildren and a root beer for the great- grandkids.
Those survivors left to cherish their memories of Ed include one daughter and her husband Roxanne and Ronald Engelke of Mapleton, Iowa and one daughter-in-law, Rhonda Williams of De Witt, Iowa, five grandchildren, four great- grandchildren and one sister-in-law and her husband, DeVilda and Jim Collins of Danbury, Iowa along with other relatives and good friends.
Along with his wife, he was preceded in death by his parents, one son, Kurt; two brothers and two sisters.
Ed had a quote he often shared with family and friends, - “If you don’t use it, you lose it. "
Pallbearers were Joshua Meier, Matthew Meier, Bruce Engelke, Richard Meier, Bob Meier, and Ed Collins.
Honorary pallbearers were Becky Denton, Cassie Schadt, Bailey Melby, Bowdie Melby, Blane Melby, and Chloe Melby.
Armstrong Funeral Service of Mapleton was in charge of the arrangements
Monona Obituaries maintained by Linda Ziemann.
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