MEYER, Ethel Eliese Wilhelmine (Dahns) 1901-2000

DAHNS, KLUSS, DAHMS, MEYER, BARKER, GUNDERSON, CHRISTOFFERSON

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Decorah Public Opinion, Tuesday, Feb. 22, 2000

Ethel Meyer

Ethel Meyer, 99, died Tuesday, Feb. 15, 2000, at the Good Samaritan Center in Postville.

Funeral services were held Saturday, Feb. 19, at 11 a.m., at St. Paul Lutheran Church in Postville, with the Rev. T. M. Marcks officiating.

Joann Martins was the organist and Ronald Meyer was the soloist.

Casket bearers were Rick Gunderson, Eric Gunderson, Chris Gunderson, Ronald Barker, David Gunderson and Richard Barker.

The Schutte Funeral and Cremation Service was in charge of arrangements.

Burial was at the Postville Cemetery.

Ethel Eliese Wilhelmine (Dahns) Meyer was born in Fayette County Feb. 9, 1901, the daughter of Fred Dahms and Eliese (Kluss) Dahms.

She was baptized April 7, 1901, by the Rev. E. Bockleman and confirmed April 4, 1915, in the Zion Lutheran Church at CASTALIA, by the Rev. W.A. Harms. Ethel attended the rural school near her home.

On Dec. 16, 1919, she was married to Cevert W. Meyer, at the home of her parents, by the Rev. Bockleman. To this union three children were born, a son Loren and two daughters, LaVerna and Bernadine.

They farmed in Clayton County for 10 years. After Cevert's death May 22, 1930, Ethel continued to live on the farm for 10 more years.

She then moved to Postville. On Oct. 1, 1943, Ethel began her 27-year career as the cook at the Postville Hospital, retiring in January of 1971. On Nov. 15, 1993, she became a resident at the Good Samaritan Center in Postville.

Ethel was a member of St. Paul Lutheran Church in Postville. She had served as treasurer of the women's organization for two years.

Survivors include a daughter, LaVerna Barker of Dubuque; a son, Loren and Betty Meyer of Postville; 10 grandchildren, Vicki (Dennis) Post, Richard (Monica) Barker and Ronnie (Karen) Barker, all of Dubuque, Mary Beth Meyer of Rochester, Minn., Patricia (Gregory) Kohner of La Crosse, Wis., Deborah (Joel) Vilensky of Fort Wayne, Ind., Eric (Annette) Gunderson of Hillsboro, Ore., Chris (Bobbi) Gunderson of Postville, and Richard (Renee) Gunderson and David Gunderson, all of CASTALIA.

Ethel Meyer was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Cevert; a daughter, Bernadine; three grandchildren, Terry Lynn Gunderson, Jerald Barker and James Barker; two sons-in-law, Ridar Gunderson and Kenneth Barker; five brothers, Harvey, Gilbert, Lloyd, Earl and Clarence; and two sisters, Mabel Christofferson and Lorene Dahms.

Also surviving are 15 great grandchildren, Branden Post, Jennifer Barker, Lindsay and Laura Barker, Jessie, Vicki, Sue, Rebecca, Dusti, Erica and Elizabeth Gunderson, and Carrie and Trisha Gunderson, Stephanie and husband Daniel Shumway, and Sarah and Rachel Vilensky; one great-great-grandson, Michael Shumway; and a brother, Wayne and Colette Dahms of Decorah.

Transcribed by an IA GenWeb Volunteer from obituaries found in the Howard-Winneshiek Genealogy Society Library, Cresco, Iowa.