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Robert W. “Robb” Meyer

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Robert W. “Robb” Meyer

Birth
Wisconsin, USA
Death
19 Jun 1941 (aged 78)
Remsen, Plymouth County, Iowa, USA
Burial
Remsen, Plymouth County, Iowa, USA Add to Map
Plot
Block 2 East, Row 8, Lot 114, Stone G
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Pay Final Tribute to Veteran Barber.

Resident in Remsen Over Fifty Years.
Final rites were held Sunday afternoon at the Evangelical church in Remsen, Rev. Paul Wuebben officiating, for Robert W. Meyer, who died Friday. R. W. Meyer was 79 years old and followed his trade of barber in Remsen for fifty years. He was widely known. Until recently he assisted his son, S. E. Meyer, who conducts the business. Mr. Meyer si survived by his wife and his son. Mrs. Clarence Grau of this city is a niece of the deceased. Among out of town people attending the funeral were Mr. and Ms. Clarence Grau, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Earnest, Mr. and Mrs. Matt Neisius, Mr. and Mrs. Jos. Neisius, Rev. R. R. Hunger, Mr. and Mrs. Earl Remer, Mrs. Emma Bender, Mrs. Esther Smith, Mr. and Mrs. J. Tangeman and daughter, Mary, Henry, Meyer, Mrs. Will Remer, Mr. and Mrs. Ed Phelan, Mr. and Mrs. John Becker, Mr. and Mrs. Efford Moser and family, Ernest Benjegerdes of Le Mars; Mrs. Martha Starr and Mrs. Lydia Beach, St. Paul, MInn., Mr. and Mrs. John Meyer, Minneapolis; Miss Rose Neisius, Sioux City; Mr. and Mrs. A. C.Voss, Huron, S.D.; Mrs. Fred Van Larr, Alton; Mr. and Mrs. George Mainsteen and family of Sioux City. – Le Mars Semi-Weekly Sentinel, June 24, 1941, page 1.

Early-day Remsen Business Man Dies. Community Mourns Passing of Robert W. Meyer; Lived Here 65 Years.
Remsen mourns with an excellent family the death of another pioneer, Robert W. Meyer, who passed away at his home last Thursday at the age of 78 years after a brief illness with complications developing after several years of heart trouble and asthma. Surviving are his widow and one son. Funeral services were held Sunday afternoon.
Mr. Meyer had occasionally assisted his son S.E. Meyer in the barber shop which the father established here years ago, and even in recent weeks was active there when occasion demanded. He was about town until but a few weeks before his final illness overtook him, but two weeks ago he became bedridden and in spite of the best of care he sank gradually and passed away at 8:10 o’clock Thursday evening.
Robert William Meyer was born August 30, 1862, near Fond du Lac, Wis., and at the age of 13 years, in the spring of 1875, he came with his parents to Le Mars and soon thereafter they went to farming near Merrill. They farmed there for one year, then moved to a farm previously purchased five and one-half miles southwest of Remsen. This place they sold in 1880 and moved into Le Mars. As a youth Robert worked at the butcher trade and for a short time was a member of a partnership firm in Le Mars. Later he worked at the trade in Remsen. In 1886 he took up the barber trade in Le Mars, later worked in Paullina and Marcus, and finally settled in Remsen in 1888, starting a barber shop of his own. In May 1889, he was united in marriage to Anna Schuchert of Belle Plaine, Iowa, and the couple lived in Remsen ever since, taking their part in the early struggles and triumphs of the community and seeing the town of their choice grow and thrive into what it is today. This was a source of unending pride to them, for both were loyal citizens and cultivated many friendships.
To this union were born two sons. Joseph, the first-born, survived birth by but one year.
Mr. Meyer worked steadily at the barber trade here for 35 years. He was a capable workman and conducted an establishment that became the favorite of many an early-day resident as well as those who followed, and many is the man who habitually “sat out” for the chance to get in to the chair manned by the proprietor.
After his retirement in 1923 the barber shop was taken over by his only son, Sidney, who learned the trade from his father and who still is in possession.
The deceased was the last of a family of four children. Preceding him in death were his brothers, Fred of St. Paul and Charley of Sioux City, and a sister, Mrs. Sarah Voss of Le Mars.
Mr. Meyer was a man of quiet disposition but in his younger days socially a general favorite. He made friends easily, and held their confidence through his honesty and his pleasant manner. Through these many years he retained a high place in the estimate of hundreds of good friends, and as a citizen he ranked in the top bracket because of his business methods and his practice of the Golden Rule. The many who learned to know “Rob” Meyer join in heartfelt sympathy to the bereaved widow, son and other relatives.
Funeral services were held Sunday afternoon in St. Paul’s Evangelical Lutheran church, of which the deceased had been a member since its founding. Services were conducted by the pastor, the Rev. Paul Wuebben. The church was taxed to capacity for the final sad rites, this attendance reflecting the esteems in which Mr. Meyer was held.
Pall bearers were John Watgen, Martin Hatz, Paul Schmidt, Wm. Benjegerdes, J. N. Hoffman and Juergen Johnson. Flower bearers were Mrs. Lena Reinholdt, Mrs. Elmer Holtgrewe and Mrs. John Schmidt. Burial was in the Remsen cemetery.
Those who came from a distance to join the family in its sorrow at the time of the last rites are: Mr. and Mrs. Geo Meierstein and daughter, Dorothy and son George Jr., Mrs. Lydia Beach, and Miss Rose Neisius, Sioux City; Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Tangeman, Mr. and Mrs. Math. Niesius, Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Grau, Mr. and Mrs. Ed. Phelan, Mr. and Mrs. Earl F. Remer and Mrs. Will Remer, Le Mars; Mrs. Martha Starr and Mr. and Mrs. John Meyer, St. Paul; Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Voss, Huron, S.D.; Mrs. Celia Lehmann and daughter, Belle Plaine, Iowa; F. M. Beardsley and Mrs. Lenn Clark of Kingsley; Mrs. Iona Meiner and son of Belle Plaine; Mrs. Edna Van Laar of Alton, Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Varrington and daughter, Currie, Minn.; Mr. and Mrs. Henning Nestor, Marcus, and Richard Bornstein, Davenport. – Remsen Bell-Enterprise, June 26, 1941, pages 1 and 8.
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CARD OF THANKS. We wish hereby to return our sincere thanks to all who gave us such wonderful assistance and who extended sympathy over the death of our beloved husband and father. We thank the Rev. Paul Wuebben, and choir; whose who gave flowers, and all others who in any possible manner through word or action sought to lighten our burden of grief. Mrs. R. W. Meyer. The S.E. Meyer Family. – Remsen Bell Enterprise, June 26, 1941, page 8, column 1


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Pay Final Tribute to Veteran Barber.

Resident in Remsen Over Fifty Years.
Final rites were held Sunday afternoon at the Evangelical church in Remsen, Rev. Paul Wuebben officiating, for Robert W. Meyer, who died Friday. R. W. Meyer was 79 years old and followed his trade of barber in Remsen for fifty years. He was widely known. Until recently he assisted his son, S. E. Meyer, who conducts the business. Mr. Meyer si survived by his wife and his son. Mrs. Clarence Grau of this city is a niece of the deceased. Among out of town people attending the funeral were Mr. and Ms. Clarence Grau, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Earnest, Mr. and Mrs. Matt Neisius, Mr. and Mrs. Jos. Neisius, Rev. R. R. Hunger, Mr. and Mrs. Earl Remer, Mrs. Emma Bender, Mrs. Esther Smith, Mr. and Mrs. J. Tangeman and daughter, Mary, Henry, Meyer, Mrs. Will Remer, Mr. and Mrs. Ed Phelan, Mr. and Mrs. John Becker, Mr. and Mrs. Efford Moser and family, Ernest Benjegerdes of Le Mars; Mrs. Martha Starr and Mrs. Lydia Beach, St. Paul, MInn., Mr. and Mrs. John Meyer, Minneapolis; Miss Rose Neisius, Sioux City; Mr. and Mrs. A. C.Voss, Huron, S.D.; Mrs. Fred Van Larr, Alton; Mr. and Mrs. George Mainsteen and family of Sioux City. – Le Mars Semi-Weekly Sentinel, June 24, 1941, page 1.

Early-day Remsen Business Man Dies. Community Mourns Passing of Robert W. Meyer; Lived Here 65 Years.
Remsen mourns with an excellent family the death of another pioneer, Robert W. Meyer, who passed away at his home last Thursday at the age of 78 years after a brief illness with complications developing after several years of heart trouble and asthma. Surviving are his widow and one son. Funeral services were held Sunday afternoon.
Mr. Meyer had occasionally assisted his son S.E. Meyer in the barber shop which the father established here years ago, and even in recent weeks was active there when occasion demanded. He was about town until but a few weeks before his final illness overtook him, but two weeks ago he became bedridden and in spite of the best of care he sank gradually and passed away at 8:10 o’clock Thursday evening.
Robert William Meyer was born August 30, 1862, near Fond du Lac, Wis., and at the age of 13 years, in the spring of 1875, he came with his parents to Le Mars and soon thereafter they went to farming near Merrill. They farmed there for one year, then moved to a farm previously purchased five and one-half miles southwest of Remsen. This place they sold in 1880 and moved into Le Mars. As a youth Robert worked at the butcher trade and for a short time was a member of a partnership firm in Le Mars. Later he worked at the trade in Remsen. In 1886 he took up the barber trade in Le Mars, later worked in Paullina and Marcus, and finally settled in Remsen in 1888, starting a barber shop of his own. In May 1889, he was united in marriage to Anna Schuchert of Belle Plaine, Iowa, and the couple lived in Remsen ever since, taking their part in the early struggles and triumphs of the community and seeing the town of their choice grow and thrive into what it is today. This was a source of unending pride to them, for both were loyal citizens and cultivated many friendships.
To this union were born two sons. Joseph, the first-born, survived birth by but one year.
Mr. Meyer worked steadily at the barber trade here for 35 years. He was a capable workman and conducted an establishment that became the favorite of many an early-day resident as well as those who followed, and many is the man who habitually “sat out” for the chance to get in to the chair manned by the proprietor.
After his retirement in 1923 the barber shop was taken over by his only son, Sidney, who learned the trade from his father and who still is in possession.
The deceased was the last of a family of four children. Preceding him in death were his brothers, Fred of St. Paul and Charley of Sioux City, and a sister, Mrs. Sarah Voss of Le Mars.
Mr. Meyer was a man of quiet disposition but in his younger days socially a general favorite. He made friends easily, and held their confidence through his honesty and his pleasant manner. Through these many years he retained a high place in the estimate of hundreds of good friends, and as a citizen he ranked in the top bracket because of his business methods and his practice of the Golden Rule. The many who learned to know “Rob” Meyer join in heartfelt sympathy to the bereaved widow, son and other relatives.
Funeral services were held Sunday afternoon in St. Paul’s Evangelical Lutheran church, of which the deceased had been a member since its founding. Services were conducted by the pastor, the Rev. Paul Wuebben. The church was taxed to capacity for the final sad rites, this attendance reflecting the esteems in which Mr. Meyer was held.
Pall bearers were John Watgen, Martin Hatz, Paul Schmidt, Wm. Benjegerdes, J. N. Hoffman and Juergen Johnson. Flower bearers were Mrs. Lena Reinholdt, Mrs. Elmer Holtgrewe and Mrs. John Schmidt. Burial was in the Remsen cemetery.
Those who came from a distance to join the family in its sorrow at the time of the last rites are: Mr. and Mrs. Geo Meierstein and daughter, Dorothy and son George Jr., Mrs. Lydia Beach, and Miss Rose Neisius, Sioux City; Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Tangeman, Mr. and Mrs. Math. Niesius, Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Grau, Mr. and Mrs. Ed. Phelan, Mr. and Mrs. Earl F. Remer and Mrs. Will Remer, Le Mars; Mrs. Martha Starr and Mr. and Mrs. John Meyer, St. Paul; Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Voss, Huron, S.D.; Mrs. Celia Lehmann and daughter, Belle Plaine, Iowa; F. M. Beardsley and Mrs. Lenn Clark of Kingsley; Mrs. Iona Meiner and son of Belle Plaine; Mrs. Edna Van Laar of Alton, Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Varrington and daughter, Currie, Minn.; Mr. and Mrs. Henning Nestor, Marcus, and Richard Bornstein, Davenport. – Remsen Bell-Enterprise, June 26, 1941, pages 1 and 8.
Also –

CARD OF THANKS. We wish hereby to return our sincere thanks to all who gave us such wonderful assistance and who extended sympathy over the death of our beloved husband and father. We thank the Rev. Paul Wuebben, and choir; whose who gave flowers, and all others who in any possible manner through word or action sought to lighten our burden of grief. Mrs. R. W. Meyer. The S.E. Meyer Family. – Remsen Bell Enterprise, June 26, 1941, page 8, column 1


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