Henry Meyers (1862-1931)

MEYERS, GOODEN, RUPP, KLINGAMAN, FAIDLEY, BEAL, ILLINGSWORTH

Posted By: Gail and Dennis Bell
Date: 6/13/2005 at 06:30:24

THE MAXWELL TRIBUNE, Maxwell, Iowa, Thursday, October 29, 1931, page 1. "HENRY MEYERS DEAD - Henry Meyers, 74, pioneer resident of this community, died early Sunday morning at his home here. Mr. Meyers had not been well for several months and a week before his death he suffered a stroke of paralysis, from which he did not recover. He leaves, besides his widow, one foster son, Earl Meyers, three brothers and three sisters. Funeral services were held Wednesday afternoon at the Church of Christ and burial was made in the Maxwell cemetery."

THE MAXWELL TRIBUNE, Maxwell, Iowa, Thursday, November 5, 1931, page 1. "HENRY S. MEYERS - Funeral services were held at the Church of Christ here Wednesday afternoon, October 28 for the late Henry S. Meyers, who passed away October 25. The services were in charge of Rev. DeLoss Marken, of Des Moines, who was assisted by the local pastor, Rev. Chas. L. Duxbury. Burial was made in the Maxwell cemetery. The following obituary was read at the funeral service: Henry S. Meyers, son of Samuel and Barbara Meyers, was born at Kalona, Johnson county, Iowa, June 13, 1862, and passed to the spiritual world at 1:10 a. m. Sunday, October 25, 1931. He was one of a family of eleven children, having five brothers and five sister, of whom John, Dan and Sam Meyers, Mrs. Sanford Gooden, Mrs. Geo. Rupp and Mrs. Ira Klingaman are living. Two sisters and two brothers, Mrs. Sarah Faidley, Mrs. Lydia Beal, Urias and Simon Meyers, preceded him in death. He came, when a child of five with his parents, to what is known as the Meyers homestead, three miles south of Maxwell. There he grew to early manhood and was in the livery busines** at Maxwell, when he was a young man. He was united in marriage to Ella Illingworth,** of Cambridge, Iowa, on October 15, 1885, and started farming south of Maxwell, on what is known as the Gibson farm. He lived in that vicinity until he moved three miles northeast of Cambridge, where he farmed until he moved to Maxwell in 1894 and engaged in the livestock business for several years. In 1905 he move to Chicago and went into the livestock commission business and enjoyed a very good trade. Inn June, 1913, he returned to Maxwell and again engaged in the buying and shipping of livestock, until about two years ago when his health began to fail him. He leaves to mourn, besides his wife, one son, Earl, and wife, of Chicago, who have been here with him this past summer. He was a kind, generous neighbor and leaves a wide acquaintance of friends to mourn. "He Is Just Away - I cannot say, and I will not say That he is dead. He is just away! With a cheery smile and a wave of the hand He has wandered into an unknown land. And left us dreaming how very fair It needs must be, since he lingers there. And you - oh you, who the wildest yearn For the old-time step and the glad return. Think of him faring on, as dear in the love of There, as the love of Here. Think of him still as the same, I say, He is not dead - he is just away. James Whitcomb Riley. CARD OF THANKS - We wish to extend our sincere thanks and appreciation, to our many good friends and neighbors for their kind deeds and expressions of sympathy during the illness and following the death of our husband and father. Mrs. Henry Meyers, Mr. and Mrs. Earl Meyers. **Editorial note - spelling used is from the original newspaper article.

BURIAL: Iowa Historical Library, Des Moines, Iowa. STORY COUNTY, IOWA GRAVE MARKER INSCRIPTIONS Geneal. * F 627. S8 V. 1-6, pages 1-368, V. 7-11 pages 369-792, V. II pages 793-1128; Indian Creek Township, Inc. City of Maxwell, Maxwell Municipal Cemetery, page 453. SEC – 1, ROW – 1, LOT – 12: MEYERS, Ella no dates, Henry 1862 – 1931.