Obituaries - Me
MRS. HARRIET E. MEARS, WIFE OF GEORGE R.
MEARS OF GREENFIELD, DIED AT HER HOME TUES AFTERNOON, MAY 30, AT
ONE FORTY-FIVE O'CLOCK FOLLOWING A PERIOD OF ILL HEALTH. MRS.
MEARS WAS A DAU. OF THE LATE WILLIS AND CLARA SHAFER PITTENGER,
AND WAS BORN IN JERSEY COUNTY, APRIL 23, 1884. HER AGE AT THE
TIME OF DEATH WAS SIXTY-SIX YEARS, ONE MONTH AND SEVEN DAYS. THE
DECEASED IS SURVIVED BY HER HUSBAND; TWO SONS, CLARENCE MEARS OF
ST. LOUIS AND RAYMOND MEARS OF GREENFIELD; TWO DAUGHTERS, MRS.
CAMILLE BAUMGARDNER OF FREEPORT, AND MRS. HELYN HOWARD OF
SYLVANIA, OHIO; SIX GRANDCHILDREN; ONE BROTHER, EARL PITTENGER
OF GRAFTON, AND ONE SISTER, MRS. MABEL JOURNEY OF CARROLTON. THE
BODY WAS TAKEN TO THE HOME OF MR. AND MRS. CHARLES OVERMEYER IN
GRAFTON WHERE FRIENDS CALLED FROM FOUR O'CLOCK THURSDAY
AFTERNOON UNTIL ELEVEN O'CLOCK FRIDAY MORNING. AT THAT TIME THE
BODY WILL BE MOVED TO THE METHODIST CHURCH IN GREENFIELD WHERE
FUNERAL SERVICES WILL BE HELD THIS AFTERNOON (FRIDAY) AT
ONE-THIRTY O/CLOCK. REV. GEORGE MAYOR OF GREENFIELD WILL
OFFICIATE AND INTERMENT WILL BE IN THE SCENIC HILL CEMETERY AT
GRAFTON.
FROM JER. REP. MAY, 1917--MRS. ROSAMOND MEDFORD
BORN SEP 13, 1836 IN WASHINGTON CO., OHIO DIED AT HOME IN
FIELDON, MAY 12, 1917. 80 YEARS. WHEN 8 YEARS CAME TO JERSEY CO.
WITH HER PARENTS. MARRIED TO MASON MEDFORD AUG. 31, 1854. NINE
CHILDREN, FOUR OF WHOM ARE LIVING. TWO DAU.; MRS. J.A. HERON OF
CARROLLTON AND MRS. H.C. DUNHAM OF JERSEY AND TWO SONS; GEORGE
C. AND LEROY OF FIELDON. HUSBAND DIED MAR. 15, 1884. BELONGED TO
CHURCH OF CHRIST. LEAVES ONE BRO., S.B. NOTT, OF JERSEYVILLE,
TWO SISTERS; DR. Z.A. NEVIOUS OF WICHITA, KANS. AND MRS. MARY
HARDING OF MINNOCK, IL. SEVEN GRANDCHILDREN, THREE GREAT
GRANDCHILDREN. FUNERAL FROM CUMBERLAND PRES. CHURCH, FIELDON,
IL. ELDER J.T. ROADY OF KANE. BURIED GUNTERMAN CEMETERY.
JERRY R. MEEKS, 59, OF EAST ALTON, FORMERLY
OF JERSEYVILLE, DIED AT 4:25 AM MONDAY, AUG. 11, 1986, AT WOOD
RIVER TOWNSHIP HOSPITAL, AFTER A LENGTHY ILLNESS. HE WAS BORN IN
ELDRE, A SON OF THE LATE ALVIN EVERETTE AND MAY DAISY (GLOWNER)
MEEKS. HE WAS EMPLOYED FOR 30 YEARS AT OLIN CORP. AND RETIRED IN
1981. SURVIVING ARE A SON, JOSEPH MEEKS BLEVINS OF LOUISVILLE,
KY; TWO GRANDCHILDREN; SIX SISTERS, AGNES THUER OF HARDIN, HELEN
MEEKS OF JERSEYVILLE, MARY HILL OF BATCHTOWN, SOPHRONIA OLDAKER
OF WEST GROVE, PA., ALBERT BICK OF JERSEYVILLE AND DOROTHY DABBS
OF GODFREY; AND A BROTHER, JOHN MEEKS OF LONGLANE, MO.
VISITATION WILL BE FROM 4 TO 9 PM WED. AT GUBSER FUNERAL HOME IN
JERSEYVILLE, WHERE SERVICES WILL BE CONDUCTED AT 2 PM THURSDAY
BY REV. JAMES PEPPER. BURIAL WILL BE IN FIELDON CEMETERY.
MEMORIALS MAY BE SENT TO THE AMERICAN DIABETES ASSOCIATION.
FUNERAL SERVICES FOR MRS. NELLYE ALDRIDGE MELETTI
OF ALTON, FORMERLY OF JERSEYVILLE, WERE HELD AT TWO O'CLOCK
TUES. AFTERNOON, JAN 22, AT JACOBY BROS FUNERAL HOME. SERVICES
WERE CONDUCTED BY REV. HAROLD HAMILTON OF ALTON AND INTERMENT
WAS IN OAK GROVE CEMETERY. MRS. MELETTI WHO HAS RESIDED IN ALTON
FOR THE PAST FEW YEARS WAS FATALLY STRICKEN SAT. MORN. WHEN SHE
RETURNED TO HER CAR ON A PARKING LOT IN ALTON AFTER MAKING A
BUSINESS TRIP TO THE WEDGE BANK. AN ATTENDANT AT THE PARKING LOT
NOTICED THAT SHE WAS ILL AND HELP WAS SUMMONED BUT DEATH
OCCURRED BEFORE MEDICAL HELP ARRIVED. THE DECEASED WAS A DAU. OF
THE LATE EDWARD AND EMMA PAINTER ALDRIDGE AND WAS BORN IN GREENE
COUNTY, FEB. 23, 1894. HER AGE AT THE TIME OF DEATH WAS
FIFTY-SEVEN YEARS, TEN MONTHS AND TWENTY-SIX DAYS. SHE IS
SURVIVED BY HER HUSBAND, JULIUS MELETTI OF ALTON AND ONE DAU. ,
MRS. GEORGE KECK OF EAST ALTON. A SON, CORPORAL HAROLD NEWBERRY
OF PLAINVIEW LOST HIS LIFE IN ACTION IN ITALY DURING WORLD WAR
II.
THE FUNERAL OF MRS. DAISY M. MELLOW OF 104
S. LAFAYETTE JERSEYVILLE, WAS HELD ON APR. 20 AT JACOBY FUNERAL
HOME WITH INTERMENT IN OAKWOOD CEMETERY, GREENFIELD. THE REV.
EVERETT CHAMBERS OFFICIATED. HER DEATH OCCURRED AT 6:30PM ON APR
17 AT JERSEY COMM. HOSPITAL. SHE WAS BORN SEP 14, 1897 IN
ROSEDALE, A DAUGHTER OF ERNEST AND ROSA E. DABBS WEDDING. MRS.
MELLOW WAS A MEMBER OF THE FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH, WOMEN'S CLUB
AND ORDER OF EASTERN STAR. SURVIVING ARE HER SISTER, MRS. ETHEL
WEULE OF JERSEYVILLE, A NEWPHEW, EDWARD WEULE, AND COUSINS. HER
HUSBANC, HARRY MELLOW AND HER PARENTS PRECEDED HER IN DEATH. THE
FAMILY HAS DESIGNATED THE BUILDING FUND OF THE FIRST BAPTIST
CHURCH AS A MEMORIAL.
FUNERAL RITES FOR HARRY JESSE MELLOW, 75, OF
208 OAK ST, JERSEYVILLE, WERE HELD SAT. AFTERNOON AT JACOBY BROS
FUNERAL HOME WITH REV. EVERETT CHAMBERS OFFICIATING. HIS DEATH
OCCURRED AT 2:30 AM ON JAN. 25 AT HIS HOME. INTERMENT WAS IN OAK
GROVE CEMETERY, GREENFIELD. A RETIRED PATTERN MAKER FOR THE
LAKEY CORPORATION, HE WAS BORN SEP. 5, 1897 IN GREENFIELD, A SON
OF JESSE AND GOLDIE MCQUERREY MELLOW. MR. MELLOW WAS A MEMBER OF
MASONIC ORGANIZATIONS IN MUSKEGON, MICHIGAN, AND SCOTTISH RITE
AND SALADIN SHRINE OF GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. HE IS SURVIVED BY HIS
WIFE, THE FORMER DAISY WEDDING OF JERSEYVILLE. VISITATION WAS
HELD AT JACOBY FUNERAL HOME.
WYLEY J. MELTON BORN IN NC APR 1, 1811, CAME
TO ILL IN 1830. IN 1835 WENT TO TENN. AND MARRIED REBECCA
RICHARDS. SIX CHILDREN: MRS. W. SEAGO OF JERSEYVILLE, ISAAC N.
OF CHESTER, IL; THOMAS J. OF MIAMA CO.KS; MRS. WARREN ENGLISH OF
CARROLLTON, IL; DAVID OF FRANKLIN CO.,KS; AND JOHN R. OF PUEBLO,
COLO. MRS. REBECCA DIED NOV. 14, 1848. SEP 8, 1853 HE MARRIED
TOBITHA GRIZZLE. TO THEM WERE BORN SIX CHILDREN: FIVE ARE
LIVING-MRS. P.D. MARTIN OF AUBURN, CALIF., MRS. W.H. HOWARD OF
MACOUPIN CO;, FRANK OF FRANKLIN CO., KS; WM. C. OF ALLEN, TEX;
CHARLES W. OF MACOUPIN CO., IL. TOBITHA DIED DEC. 9, 1869. WYLEY
WENT TO KANSAS SEP 9, 1883 WITH HIS SON, DAVID. FUNERAL AT LANE,
KANSAS.
MRS. JESSIE MENZIE, WIFE CHARLES MENZIE OF
JERSEYVILLE AND MOTHER OF SEVEN CHILDREN, THE YOUNGEST OF WHICH
IS FOUR MONTHS OLD, DIED AT ELEVEN THIRTY-FIVE O'CLOCK WEDS.
NIGHTS, NOV. 18, AT THE JERSEY COMM. HOSPITAL WHERE SHE HAD BEEN
A PATIENT SINCE MONDAY. PNEUMONIA WAS GIVEN AS THE CAUSE OF
DEATH. ONE OF THE CHILDREN, TWO AND ONE-HALF YEAR OLD DEBRA SUE,
IS ALSO A PNEUMONIA PATIENT AT THE HOSPITAL. SHE IS RECOVERING
FROM THE MALADAY. FRIENDS MAY CALL AT THE GUBSER FUNERAL HOME
AFTER SEVEN O'CLOCK THIS (THURS) EVENING. SERVICES WILL BE HELD
AT THE FUNERAL HOME SAT. AFTERNOON, NOV. 21, AT TWO O'CLOCK.
REV. EARL DICKEY PASTOR OF THE FIRST METHODIST CHURCH, WILL
OFFICIATE AND BURIAL WILL BE IN OAK GROVE CEMETERY. MRS. MENZIE
WAS BORN IN GREENE COUNTY, JUL 14, 1920 A DAU. OF THE LATE JESSE
AND NORA SULLIVAN BALLARD. HER AGE AT THE TIME OF DEATH WAS
THIRTY-NINE YEARS, FOUR MONTHS AND FOUR DAYS. THE DECEDENT IS A
PAST PRESIDENT OF THE EAGLES AUXILIARY. HER SURVIVORS INCLUDE
HER HUSBAND, FOUR DAUGHTERS, MRS. EDWARD BOKER, SANDRA KAY AND
DEBRA SUE, OF JERSEYVILLE, AND MRS. STANLEY SCOGGINS OF ALTON;
THREE SONS, BRUCE EUGENE MENZIE, WHO RESIDES AT HOME; TWO
GRANDCHILDREN; AND ONE HALF-BROTHER, ANDERSON LONG OF
JERSEYVILLE.
NELLIE S. MERRILL, 88, DIED NOV.23 AT JERSEY
HOSPITAL. BORN NOV. 10,1896 IN GREENE CO TO JOHN AND DOLLY ALLEN
WAHL. MEMBER OF GRAFTON AMERICAN LEGION AUX. LEAVES HUSBAND
THOMAS MERRILL WHOM SHE MARRIED JAN.13, 1977. SONS, FRED NUGENT
OF ALTON AND L.M. NUGENT OF ST. JACOBS. DAUGHTER, NELLIE LANE OF
JERSEYVILLE. SEVEN GRANDCHILDREN, FIVE GREAT-GRANDCHILDREN.
BURIED IN SCENIC HILL CEM. AT GRAFTON. REV. R.E. GEORGE. [DEMO
NEWS DEC 4 1984]
FUNERAL MASS FOR JOHN FRANKLIN MEUTH, 88, A
RETIRED FARMER OF R. 4, JERSEYVILLE WILL BE CELEBRATED AT 10:30
AM TUESDAY AT HOLY GHOST CHURCH WITH FATHER WILLIAM HEMBROW AND
MSGR.P.P. HEINEN CONCELEBRANTS. BURIAL WILL BE IN ST. MARY'S
CEMETERY. HIS DEATH OCCURRED AT 1PM JUNE 17 AT GREENWOOD MANOR
NURSING HOME. HE WAS BORN MARCH 14, 1890 IN LINCOLN COUNTY, MO.,
A SON OF JOHN W. AND MARY ALBERT MEUTH. HE WAS A MEMBER OF THE
HOLY GHOST CHURCH, WORLD WAR I VETERANS, KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS AND
THE AMERICAN LEGION. HIS SURVIVORS ARE THREE SONS, MAURICE AND
PAUL MEUTH OF JERSEYVILLE AND CLETUS MEUTH OF KANE; ONE
DAUGHTER, ANNE WAGENBLAST, JERSEYVILLE; 21 GRANDCHILDREN; 15
GREAT GRANDCHILDREN. HE WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HIS PARENTS,
HIS WIFE, THE FORMER MARIE LOUISE KALLAL; ONE SON, JOHN GREGORY,
A DAUGHTER, DOROTHY, ONE BROTHER, BENJAMIN, AND A SISTER, BESSIE
SCHUCKENBROCK. VISITATION FROM 3 TO 9 PM MONDAY EVENING AT
JACOBY BROS FUNERAL HOME WHERE THE ROSARY WILL BE RECITED AT 8
PM.
A FUNERAL MASS FOR PAUL F. MEUTH, 203
NORTHMOOR, JERSEYVILLE WAS CONCELEBRATED FRIDAY MORNING AT THE
HOLY GHOST CHURCH WITH FATHER WILLIAM HEMBROW, PASTOR, AND MSGR.
P.O. HEINEN AS CONCELEBRANTS. HE DIED AT 11:20 PM JAN.18 AT
ALTON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL WHERE HE HAD BEEN A PATIENT FOR FIVE
DAYS FOR TREATMENT OF A BROKEN HIP SUFFERED IN A FALL. CORONER'S
INQUEST PENDING. HE WAS BORN APRIL 3, 1930 IN JERSEYVILLE, A SON
OF THE LATE JOHN AND MARIE KALLAL MEUTH AND WAS AN INSURANCE
AGENT FOR FARMERS MUTUAL OF IOWA. MEUTH WAS A VETERAN OF THE
KOREAN WAR. HE WAS A MEMBER OF THE HOLY GHOST CHURCH AND FOURTH
DEGREE KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS. HIS SURVIVORS ARE HIS FORMER WIFE,
MARGIE FLAMM MEUTH; TWO SONS, JAMES MEUTH OF CARBONDALE AND JOHN
MEUTH OF JERSEYVILLE; THREE DAUGHTERS, BARBARA WILLIAMS OF
QUINCY, KAREN RYAN OF BLOOMINGTON AND PATRICIA MEUTH OF
JERSEYVILLE; ONE SISTER, ANN WAGENBLAST OF JERSEYVILLE; AND TWO
BROTHERS, MAURICE MEUTH OF JERSEYVILLE AND CLETUS MEUTH OF KANE.
HIS PARENTS, A BROTHER AND A SISTER PRECEDED HIM IN DEATH. A
PRAYER SERVICE WAS READ THURSDAY EVENING AT JACOBY BROS FUNERAL
HOME FOLLOWED BY THE FOURTH DEGREE KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS RITES.
GRAVESIDE RITES WERE CONDUCTED BY THE AMERICAN LEGION POST
NO.492 AT ST. MARY'S CEMETERY. THE HOLY GHOST SCHOOL HAS BEEN
NAMED AS A MEMORIAL.
FUNERAL MASS FOR ANTHONY (TONY) MEYER, 71, A
FARMER OF R.R. 2, JERSEYVILLE WAS CELEBRATED ON AUG. 9 AT ST.
FRANCIS XAVIER CHURCH IN JERSEYVILLE WITH THE REV. R.T. SHEA
CELEBRANT. HE WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD ON ARRIVAL AT 2 PM ON AUG. 6
AT THE WOOD RIVER TOWNSHIP HOSPITAL FOLLOWING AN ACCIDENT ON
VAUGHN HILL ROAD IN WOOD RIVER. BURIAL WAS IN ST. FRANCIS
CEMETERY. HE WAS BORN AUG. 9, 1903 IN CARROLLTON, A SON OF
HERMAN AND MARGARET VORHOLT MEYER AND WAS A MEMBER OF THE FARM
BUREAU AND KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS. MEYER, HIS SON AND DAUGHTER,
DORIS AND PAUL, HAD RETURNED FROM A FARM TOUR IN EUROPE ON AUG.
4. HIS SURVIVORS ARE ONE SON, PAUL H. MEYER, AT HOME; FOUR
DAUGHTERS, MRS. FRANKLIN D. R. (ANN) GOZA OF ALTON, MISS RUTH
MEYER, MISS DOROTHY MEYER, AND MRS. RODNEY (MARGIE) WITT OF
JERSEYVILLE; ONE GRANDCHILD, JENNIFER; AND A SISTER, ROSE MEYER
OF ST. LOUIS. VISITATION WAS HELD AT THE JACOBY FUNERAL HOME
WHERE THE ROSARY WAS RECITED FRIDAY EVENING.
DOROTHY MEYER, 80, DIED AT 2:20 AM SUN, DEC
23, 1990 AT JERSEY COMMUNITY HOSPITAL IN JERSEYVILLE. BORN IN
HENRY COUNTY, IOWA, SHE WAS THE DAUGHTER OF THE LATE GERHARDT
AND MARGARET (VORWALDT) MOELLER. SHE MARRIED LEO MEYER ON NOV.
25 IN MOUNT PLEASANT, IOWA. HE DIED JAN. 12, 1980. NIECES AND
NEPHEWS SERVIVE. A SISTER, DELLA FREESMEIER, PRECEDED HER IN
DEATH. VISITATION IS FROM 4 TO 9 PM THURS AT JACOBY-SCHROEDER
FUNERAL HOME IN JERSEYVILLE, WITH A ROSARY RECITATION AT 7 PM. A
FUNERAL MASS IS AT 11 AM FRI AT HOLY GHOST CATHOLIC CHURCH IN
JERSEYVILLE WITH THE REV. WILLIAM HEMBROW AS CELEBRANT. BURIAL
IS IN ST. JOHN'S CEMETERY IN CARROLLTON. MEMORIALS MAY BE MADE
TO THE CHURCH OR MASSES.
FUNERAL MASS FOR LEO MEYER, 70, OF 406 WEST
SPRUCE ST, JERSEYVILLE, A RETIRED FARMER WAS CELEBRATED MONDAY
MORNING AT HOLY GHOST CHURCH WITH FATHER WILLIAM HEMBROW
CELEBRANT. BURIAL WAS IN ST. JOHN'S CEMETERY CARROLLTON. HE DIED
UNEXPECTEDLY AT HIS RESIDENCE AT 6:30 AM JAN. 12. HE WAS BORN
APR 29, 1909 IN CARROLLTON, A SON OF WILLIAM AND THERESA GRONE
MEYER. HE MARRIED DOROTHY MOELLER NOV. 25, 1953 AT MT. PLEASANT
IOWA. MEYER WAS A MEMBER OF THE HOLY GHOST CHURCH, FOURTH DEGREE
KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS, EAGLES LODGE AND FARM BUREAU. HE IS
SURVIVED BY HIS WIFE AND TWO NEPHEWS. HIS PARENTS AND TWO
BROTHERS PRECEDED HIM IN DEATH. THE ROSARY WAS RECITED SUNDAY
EVENING AT JACOBY FUNERAL HOME FOLLOWED BY THE FOURTH DEGREE
KNIGHTS SERVICE. THE HOLY GHOSE BUILDING FUND HAS BEEN
DESIGNATED AS THE MEMORIAL.
FROM JER. REP. OCT 1915--MRS. MARY ANGLEA MEYER
DIED OCT. 13 AT HOME OF HER SON, WILLIAM MEYER, 8 MILES EAST OF
JERSEYVILLE, 81 YEARS. FUNERAL AT CARROLLTON, LEAVES HUSBAND,
ANTON, AND SEVERAL CHILDREN.
TROY L. MEYER, 70, DIED AT 12:50 AM SUNDAY,
OCT. 11, 1987 AT HIS RESIDENCE. MEYER WAS SUPERINTENDENT OF
SCHOOLS IN THE SOUTHWESTERN SHCOOL DISTRICT FROM 1956-73. HE
THEN SERVED AS SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS IN NEPONSET, IL UNTIL
HIS RETIREMENT IN 1976. HE WAS BORN IN HILLVIEW, SON OF THE LATE
CHRISTOPHER AND MYRTLE (COLLINS) MEYER. A WORLD WAR II ARMY
VETERAN, HE MARRIED THE FORMER NANCY SUE WHITE ON DEC. 14, 1945,
IN EAST ALTON. SHE SURVIVES. ALSO SURVIVING ARE A SON, COLLIN
MEYER OF EDWARDSVILLE; THREE GRANDCHILDREN; A SISTER, JEWELL
DYER OF WHITE HALL; AND TWO BROTHERS, MARVIN MEYER OF HILLVIEW
AND DEAN MEYER OF GREENFIELD. MEYER WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY A
DAUGHTER, MELENA SUE; A SON, SGT. VAL G. MEYER; AND A BROTHER.
VISITATION WILL BE FROM 4 PM TUESDAY UNTIL TIME OF SERVICES AT 8
PM TUESDAY AT AIRSMAN-HIRES FUNERAL HOME IN CARROLLTON. THE REV.
DARRELL MOLEN WILL OFFICIATE. BURIAL WILL BE AT ROSE LAWN MEMORY
GARDENS IN BETHALTO AT A LATER DATE. MEMORIALS MAY BE GIVEN TO A
CHARITY OF ONE'S CHOICE.
WILLIAM MEYER, A FARMER RESIDING EAST OF
JERSEYVILLE, DIED AT HIS HOME TUESDAY EVENING, NOV. 9, AT 9:50
O'CLOCK FOLLOWING AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF ILL HEALTH. THE DECEASED
WAS BORN IN WERTLE, HANOVER, GERMANY, ON APR. 22, 1871, A SON OF
THE LATE ANTONE AND MARIE HOLTMAN MEYER. HIS AGE AT THE TIME OF
DEATH WAS EIGHTY-THREE YEARS, SIX MONTHS AND SEVENTEEN DAYS. MR.
MEYER WAS A TRUSTEE OF THE CHURCH OF THE HOLY GHOST IN
JERSEYVILLE AND WAS A MEMBER OF THE JERSEYVILLE COUNCIL, KNIGHTS
OF COLUMBUS. THE ROSARY WILL BE RECITED AT THE JACOBY BROS
FUNERAL HOME AT EIGHT O'CLOCK THIS (THURS) EVENING. THE DECEDENT
IS SURVIVED BY HIS WIFE, MRS. THERESA GROENE MEYER; TWO SONS,
LEO MEYER OF JERSEYVILLE, AND JOSEPH A. MEYER OF ST. LOUIS AND
TWO GRANDCHILDREN. ONE SON, JOSEPH, PRECEDED HIM IN DEATH.
FRIENDS MAY CALL AT JACOBY BROS FUNERAL HOME. FUNERAL SERVICES
WILL BE HELD AT NINE-THIRTY O'CLOCK FRIDAY MORNING, NOV. 12, AT
THE CHURCH OF THE HOLY GHOST. REQUIEM HIGH MASS WILL BE
CELEBRATED BY FATHER PAUL P. HEINEN AND INTERMENT WILL BE IN ST.
JOHN'S CEMETERY AT CARROLLTON.
LEWIS R. MEYERS DIED AT HOME MAY 28. 61
YEARS. FUNERAL FROM HOME MAY 30. RE. W.H. AVERY. APOLLO LODGE NO
877 ATTENDED IN BODY. BORN IN BOSTON, MASS. JUNE 23, 1829. IN
1837 HE MOVED FROM BOSTON TO NY. IN 1856 CAME WEST AND SETTLED
IN GREENE CO. AUG. 2, 1853, MARRIED MATTIE SCROGGINS. BAPT.
CHURCH. APOLLO LODGE. FUNERAL FROM HOME. [JER CO DEMO JUNE 1891]
