Surnames: Meyer, Schwartz, Voith, Beyerl, Foster, Schommer, Neck, Arends, Minz, Arnoux

----Source: Colby Phonograph (Colby, Clark County, Wis.) 02/09/1956

Meyer, John (18 July 1876 - 7 Feb. 1956)

John Meyer of Colby, retired farmer and carpenter, died Tuesday morning at 7:00 o’clock at the Marshfield, Wisconsin Hospital at the age of 79 years, a brain hemorrhage after a skull fracture suffered in a fall near the Oldsmobile garage, being the cause of his death. Funeral services are being held this Thursday morning at St. Mary’s Catholic church in Colby, Wis., Rev. Vincent Schwartz officiating, and internment will be made in the Colby (Colby, Clark Co. Wis.) Cemetery. A rosary was held Wednesday evening at the Lulloff Funeral Home in Colby, Wis.

Mr. Meyer was born on July 18, 1876, at Fredonia. He came to Colby in 1914 and developed a farm in the town of Hull where he lived for 15 years. He then returned to Fredonia for 12 years and then retired to spend the remainder of his life here with his brother, William. He was also a carpenter and was not married.

Surviving are three brothers, William of Colby, Albert of Milwaukee and Edward of Fredonia; one sister, Mrs. Edward Voith of Milwaukee; five nieces and five nephews. One brother preceded him in death.

----Source: Colby Phonograph (Colby, Clark County, Wis.) 02/16/1956

Rev. Vincent Schwartz officiated at the funeral services at St. Mary’s church in Colby last Thursday for John Meyer who died at the Marshfield, Wisconsin Hospital on February 7th at the age of 79 years. Internment was made in the Colby (Colby, Clark Co. Wis.) Cemetery. Pall bearers were Russ Meyer, Francis Beyerl, Marc Foster, Harold Schommer, Clarence Neck and Walter Arends. St. Mary’s choir sang the requiem mass.

Out of town people here for the funeral were Albert Meyer of Milwaukee, Ed Meyer and Frank Minz of Fredonia, Lester Meyer of Milwaukee, Mrs. C. Arnoux of Evanston, Ill., Mr. and Mrs. Ed Voith and son, Donald, of Milwaukee and Joseph Arends of Port Washington.

Mr. Meyer was known to many as a good Christian, honest in all his dealings, and being of a friendly disposition, was well-liked by all who knew him.