Obit: Meyers, Herbert H. (1891 – 1966)

Contact: Dinah Reinke

Email: dinah@wiclarkcountyhistory.org 

Surnames: Meyers, Schoelzel, Samte, Schulte, Gebhardt, Salter

------ Source: Tribune-Phonograph (Abbotsford and Colby, Clark Co., Wis.) 02/17/1966

------ Meyers, Herbert H. (12 OCT 1891 – 11 FEB 1966)

Funeral services for Herbert H. Meyers, route 2, Colby, were held Monday, Feb. 14, at the First United Church of Christ, Colby.  The Rev. Kenneth Dix officiated and burial was in the Green Grove cemetery.  Mr. Meyers died Friday, Feb. 11, at St. Joseph’s hospital, Marshfield.  He was 74 years old.

Mr. Meyers was born Oct. 12, 1891, in the town of Green Grove.  His marriage to Helen Schoelzer took place Oct. 6, 1915, at Colby.  He farmed in this area his entire life.  He served for some time as clerk of a rural school board.

Survivors include his wife, Helen; one son, Herbert Jr., route 1, Curtiss; four sisters, Mrs. Richard (Mayme) Samte, Piperstone, Minn., Mrs. Otto (Cora) Schulte, Colby, Mrs. George (Della) Gebhardt, Milwaukee and Mrs. John (Stella) Salter, Wisconsin Rapids, and six grand by five sisters.