Roger Sampson L. Meiners was born on May 29, 1912 in Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio to George Gerard Meiners and Clara H. Estermann Meiners. He was the sixth of seven children who survived early infancy and childhood out of about thirteen born. In 1930 Roger's parents took him and his sister Eleanor and brother Paul to Europe. He suffered from tuberculosis (probably diagnosed in 1931), and his family had a small cottage built behind the family home for him to reside in during outbreaks of TB. Roger was a graduate of Saint Xavier High School in Cincinnati and attended Xavier University for a year before his health began to fail. He was an artist whose paintings hang in the homes of his siblings' descendants. Toward the end of his life, he was public relations director for three years for the Cancer Research Foundation.
Like his sister Eleanor who died young, of myocarditis, at age 24 in 1930, he died young, of tuberculosis, at age 27 at Good Samaritan Hospital in Cincinnati on May 21, 1940, eight days short of his 28th birthday. (An antibiotic for TB became available in 1949.) A requiem high mass was held at Our Lady of Victory Roman Catholic Church in Cincinnati, and Roger was buried in the Meiners family plot in Saint Joseph Catholic Cemetery in Cincinnati. Roger was buried on one side of where their parents were to be buried and Eleanor on the other side. His ancestry was German.
Several family members were named in honor of Roger: a nephew, Roger Schaible Meiners; a niece, Anne "Nancy" Roger Donnelly Riley; and a great-nephew, Kevin Rodger Donnelly.
Thanks to the Meiners family for so much of this information. Any errors, however, are mine alone. Please go to the "edit" link on this site with any corrections or additions. If a closer relative than I would like to manage this grave, please let me know.
Like his sister Eleanor who died young, of myocarditis, at age 24 in 1930, he died young, of tuberculosis, at age 27 at Good Samaritan Hospital in Cincinnati on May 21, 1940, eight days short of his 28th birthday. (An antibiotic for TB became available in 1949.) A requiem high mass was held at Our Lady of Victory Roman Catholic Church in Cincinnati, and Roger was buried in the Meiners family plot in Saint Joseph Catholic Cemetery in Cincinnati. Roger was buried on one side of where their parents were to be buried and Eleanor on the other side. His ancestry was German.
Several family members were named in honor of Roger: a nephew, Roger Schaible Meiners; a niece, Anne "Nancy" Roger Donnelly Riley; and a great-nephew, Kevin Rodger Donnelly.
Thanks to the Meiners family for so much of this information. Any errors, however, are mine alone. Please go to the "edit" link on this site with any corrections or additions. If a closer relative than I would like to manage this grave, please let me know.
Roger Sampson L. Meiners was born on May 29, 1912 in Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio to George Gerard Meiners and Clara H. Estermann Meiners. He was the sixth of seven children who survived early infancy and childhood out of about thirteen born. In 1930 Roger's parents took him and his sister Eleanor and brother Paul to Europe. He suffered from tuberculosis (probably diagnosed in 1931), and his family had a small cottage built behind the family home for him to reside in during outbreaks of TB. Roger was a graduate of Saint Xavier High School in Cincinnati and attended Xavier University for a year before his health began to fail. He was an artist whose paintings hang in the homes of his siblings' descendants. Toward the end of his life, he was public relations director for three years for the Cancer Research Foundation.
Like his sister Eleanor who died young, of myocarditis, at age 24 in 1930, he died young, of tuberculosis, at age 27 at Good Samaritan Hospital in Cincinnati on May 21, 1940, eight days short of his 28th birthday. (An antibiotic for TB became available in 1949.) A requiem high mass was held at Our Lady of Victory Roman Catholic Church in Cincinnati, and Roger was buried in the Meiners family plot in Saint Joseph Catholic Cemetery in Cincinnati. Roger was buried on one side of where their parents were to be buried and Eleanor on the other side. His ancestry was German.
Several family members were named in honor of Roger: a nephew, Roger Schaible Meiners; a niece, Anne "Nancy" Roger Donnelly Riley; and a great-nephew, Kevin Rodger Donnelly.
Thanks to the Meiners family for so much of this information. Any errors, however, are mine alone. Please go to the "edit" link on this site with any corrections or additions. If a closer relative than I would like to manage this grave, please let me know.
Like his sister Eleanor who died young, of myocarditis, at age 24 in 1930, he died young, of tuberculosis, at age 27 at Good Samaritan Hospital in Cincinnati on May 21, 1940, eight days short of his 28th birthday. (An antibiotic for TB became available in 1949.) A requiem high mass was held at Our Lady of Victory Roman Catholic Church in Cincinnati, and Roger was buried in the Meiners family plot in Saint Joseph Catholic Cemetery in Cincinnati. Roger was buried on one side of where their parents were to be buried and Eleanor on the other side. His ancestry was German.
Several family members were named in honor of Roger: a nephew, Roger Schaible Meiners; a niece, Anne "Nancy" Roger Donnelly Riley; and a great-nephew, Kevin Rodger Donnelly.
Thanks to the Meiners family for so much of this information. Any errors, however, are mine alone. Please go to the "edit" link on this site with any corrections or additions. If a closer relative than I would like to manage this grave, please let me know.
