WILLIAM MEYER
Last week Thursday at 1:00 a.m., a long time resident and well known citizen of Kiel passed away, namely: Wilhelm Meyer. The cause of death was kidney disease from which he had suffered for many years. About a week before he died he had caught cold, and was so ill that he could not leave his home.
Mr. Meyer first saw the light of the world in Mardorf, Hannover, Germany on November 18, 1847 and had reached the age of 64 years and 5 months. As a young boy of 15 years he immigrated to America from Germany to apprentice as a miller in Cedarburg, Wisconsin. There after he worked for many years as a miller in Thiensville, where he married Christine Zaun, and the marriage was blessed with eight children, four of which died in their youth. Later Mr. Meyer moved to Glenbeulah in Sheboygan County where he ran the mill with Mr. Bauernfeind. He gave up the business and moved to Millhome in this county.
There he purchased Mr. Hollensteiner's share of the mill and soon thereafter, the shares of Mr. Schunk and Laun. In 1882 he moved to Kiel and built a mill that he operated quite profitably for about 20 years. After he sold the mill, he settled into a well-deserved retirement. The deceased leaves behind his wife and four children: Mrs. Rud. Greve and Mrs. John Freiss of Kiel, Henry L. Meyer in Hilbert and Elmer Meyer who is studying at the University of Wisconsin at Madison. Additionally he leaves behind two sisters (Marie Heidemann) in America and one brother and sister in Germany. The burial took place on Saturday afternoon at the Kiel Cemetery with Pastor Rech officiating.
Kiel Record - 1912 typed at the top of the obituary
Last week Thursday at 1:00 a.m., a long time resident and well known citizen of Kiel passed away, namely: Wilhelm Meyer. The cause of death was kidney disease from which he had suffered for many years. About a week before he died he had caught cold, and was so ill that he could not leave his home.
Mr. Meyer first saw the light of the world in Mardorf, Hannover, Germany on November 18, 1847 and had reached the age of 64 years and 5 months. As a young boy of 15 years he immigrated to America from Germany to apprentice as a miller in Cedarburg, Wisconsin. There after he worked for many years as a miller in Thiensville, where he married Christine Zaun, and the marriage was blessed with eight children, four of which died in their youth. Later Mr. Meyer moved to Glenbeulah in Sheboygan County where he ran the mill with Mr. Bauernfeind. He gave up the business and moved to Millhome in this county.
There he purchased Mr. Hollensteiner's share of the mill and soon thereafter, the shares of Mr. Schunk and Laun. In 1882 he moved to Kiel and built a mill that he operated quite profitably for about 20 years. After he sold the mill, he settled into a well-deserved retirement. The deceased leaves behind his wife and four children: Mrs. Rud. Greve and Mrs. John Freiss of Kiel, Henry L. Meyer in Hilbert and Elmer Meyer who is studying at the University of Wisconsin at Madison. Additionally he leaves behind two sisters (Marie Heidemann) in America and one brother and sister in Germany. The burial took place on Saturday afternoon at the Kiel Cemetery with Pastor Rech officiating.
Kiel Record - 1912 typed at the top of the obituary
WILLIAM MEYER
Last week Thursday at 1:00 a.m., a long time resident and well known citizen of Kiel passed away, namely: Wilhelm Meyer. The cause of death was kidney disease from which he had suffered for many years. About a week before he died he had caught cold, and was so ill that he could not leave his home.
Mr. Meyer first saw the light of the world in Mardorf, Hannover, Germany on November 18, 1847 and had reached the age of 64 years and 5 months. As a young boy of 15 years he immigrated to America from Germany to apprentice as a miller in Cedarburg, Wisconsin. There after he worked for many years as a miller in Thiensville, where he married Christine Zaun, and the marriage was blessed with eight children, four of which died in their youth. Later Mr. Meyer moved to Glenbeulah in Sheboygan County where he ran the mill with Mr. Bauernfeind. He gave up the business and moved to Millhome in this county.
There he purchased Mr. Hollensteiner's share of the mill and soon thereafter, the shares of Mr. Schunk and Laun. In 1882 he moved to Kiel and built a mill that he operated quite profitably for about 20 years. After he sold the mill, he settled into a well-deserved retirement. The deceased leaves behind his wife and four children: Mrs. Rud. Greve and Mrs. John Freiss of Kiel, Henry L. Meyer in Hilbert and Elmer Meyer who is studying at the University of Wisconsin at Madison. Additionally he leaves behind two sisters (Marie Heidemann) in America and one brother and sister in Germany. The burial took place on Saturday afternoon at the Kiel Cemetery with Pastor Rech officiating.
Kiel Record - 1912 typed at the top of the obituary
Last week Thursday at 1:00 a.m., a long time resident and well known citizen of Kiel passed away, namely: Wilhelm Meyer. The cause of death was kidney disease from which he had suffered for many years. About a week before he died he had caught cold, and was so ill that he could not leave his home.
Mr. Meyer first saw the light of the world in Mardorf, Hannover, Germany on November 18, 1847 and had reached the age of 64 years and 5 months. As a young boy of 15 years he immigrated to America from Germany to apprentice as a miller in Cedarburg, Wisconsin. There after he worked for many years as a miller in Thiensville, where he married Christine Zaun, and the marriage was blessed with eight children, four of which died in their youth. Later Mr. Meyer moved to Glenbeulah in Sheboygan County where he ran the mill with Mr. Bauernfeind. He gave up the business and moved to Millhome in this county.
There he purchased Mr. Hollensteiner's share of the mill and soon thereafter, the shares of Mr. Schunk and Laun. In 1882 he moved to Kiel and built a mill that he operated quite profitably for about 20 years. After he sold the mill, he settled into a well-deserved retirement. The deceased leaves behind his wife and four children: Mrs. Rud. Greve and Mrs. John Freiss of Kiel, Henry L. Meyer in Hilbert and Elmer Meyer who is studying at the University of Wisconsin at Madison. Additionally he leaves behind two sisters (Marie Heidemann) in America and one brother and sister in Germany. The burial took place on Saturday afternoon at the Kiel Cemetery with Pastor Rech officiating.
Kiel Record - 1912 typed at the top of the obituary
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