Evelyn I. Meyer
LEXINGTON — Evelyn I. Meyer, 83, of Lexington died Jan 27, 1998, at the Tri-County Hospital.
She was born June 9, 1914, in Custer County near Oconto to James and Fannie Martin McNulty. She lived most of her life in the Oconto area, attending school there and marrying August Meyer on Dec. 1, 1931, at Kearney. Two children were born to this union, Dietrich and Mary Lou. She assisted her husband in the farming and ranching business until retiring in 1980 and moving to Lexington.
Mrs. Meyer was a member of the Church of Christ in Lillian and the First Christian Church in Lexington. She was past president of the Elk’s Does in Broken Bow as well as a past member of many farm organizations such as Farm Bureau and COOP. She was an Ak-Sar-Ben Good Neighbor, a volunteer for crippled children’s clinic, she made Christmas boxes for the needy and was a volunteer for the bloodmobile for more than 20 years. Her hobbies included bowling with the senior citizen’s bowling and the bowling league.
Survivors include: a daughter, Mary Lou (Edward) Mueller of Grand Island; a son, Dietrich (Pat) of Lexington; three sisters, Rosa (Fred) Stott of Rapid City, S.D., May Ahrens of Coachella, Calif., and Margaret Mounts of Cashmere, Wash.; a brother, Ralph (Deloris) McNulty of Bend, Ore.; four grandchildren; eight great-grandchildren; and a great-great-grandchild.
She was preceded in death by her husband in 1983; her parents; two sisters; a brother; a great-great-granddaughter; a sister-in-law; and five brothers-in-law.
Memorials are suggested to the Elk’s Crippled Children’s Fund or the donor’s choice.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at the First Christian Church in Lexington with the Rev. Tom Reynolds officiating. Burial will be in the Cozad City Cemetery.
Visitation will be from 2-5 p.m. and 7-9 p.m. today at Reynolds-Love Chapel.