Paul Fred MEYER

MEYER, ROTSCHAFER, LIMBERG, ROZENDAAL, WIERENGA, KROMINGA, DEWAARD, EDEN

Posted By: Sarah Thorson Little (email)
Date: 1/20/2012 at 14:32:28

January 9, 1908 --- May 1, 2005

WODEN, IA -- Paul F. Meyer of Woden, 97, died Sunday, May 1 (2005), in the Kanawha Community Home. Funeral services were held at 10:30 a.m. Friday in the Woden Christian Reformed Church with Pastor Kevin Jordan officiating. Burial was in the church cemetery. The Winter Funeral Home and Cremation Service of Buffalo Center assisted the family.

Paul Fred Meyer, son of the Rev. Dirk J. and Emma (Rotschafer) Meyer, was born January 9, 1908 at Owensville, Mo. In 1913, he moved with his family to rural Woden where his father was pastor at the Ostfriesland Christian Reformed Church. Paul attended the rural schools of Bingham Township and then worked for various farmers in the Woden area. He married Mattie Limberg on February 28, 1933, in her parents' home near Woden. They farmed west of Woden until 1971 when they retired from active farming. In addition to farming, Paul had also worked as a tiler and excavator throughout North Iowa. In 1983, Paul and Mattie moved into Woden. Due to ill health, he moved to the Kanawha Care Center on September 1, 1993. Paul was a member of Woden Christian Reformed Church where he served as Deacon, Elder, Treasurer and belong to the Men's Society. He served as director of Bingham Township School No. 3 and the Woden Creamery Board. Paul was an avid sports enthusiast enjoying golf, bowling and fishing.

Paul is survived by three daughters; Shirley and her husband, the Rev. James Rozendaal of Independence, Iowa; LaVonne and her husband, Jerry Wierenga of Niles, Mich. and Lelah and her husband, Buzz Krominga of Rockford, Ill. There are eight grandchildren, 11 great-grandchildren. Also surviving are a sister and sister-in-law, Ruth DeWaard and Hannah Mae Meyer, both of Woden. Paul was preceded in death by his parents, his wife, Mattie, who died in 1994; four brothers, John, Edwin, Dan and Elmer; four sisters, Mary Limberg, Aletta Eden, Esther Limberg and Sophia Meyer; and one great-grandson.