Meyer, Mary Ellen (1926-2022)

MEYER, JAIN, FEUERHEIM

Posted By: Ken Wright (email)
Date: 4/8/2022 at 09:07:16

MARY ELLEN MEYER Des Moines
Mary Ellen Meyer, 95, went to be with her Savior Monday, March 28, 2022. She was born to Ellis and Jessie Good Jain, May 7, 1926, in Burt, Iowa. She graduated High School in 1944 (Elk Mound, Wis.) and attended Northwestern Bible College (Minneapolis, Minn.). She married Edward Meyer in July 1950. They resided in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, where they raised five sons and a daughter. After Ed's death in 1974, she was married to Leonard Feuerhelm in 1979, until his death in 1990. She moved from Cedar Rapids to Elk Mound in 2008, and to Des Moines, Iowa in 2015. Her children are Phil (Martha), Doug (Sally) who went to be with his Savior in 2014, Tim (Becky), Jon (Chris), Joe (Delene) and Peggy (Brian) Gilbertson. Mary has 11 grandchildren and 21 great-grandchildren. She is also survived by her sister, Bernita (Cecil) Colthorp, Fruitport, Mich. Mary was preceded in death by her parents; siblings, Ralph, Robert, Raymond, Merrill, Carol, Elsie, Evelyn, Dorthea and Eunice; her beloved husband, Edward who went home to be with his Savior in 1974 and son, Doug. A memorial service will be held on Oct. 13, 2022, at Amy Chapel in Elk Mound, Wis. Memorials may be directed to the family for Amy Chapel.