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Pearl <I>Bockenstedt</I> Meier

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Pearl Bockenstedt Meier

Birth
Petersburg, Delaware County, Iowa, USA
Death
3 Sep 2013 (aged 89)
Dyersville, Dubuque County, Iowa, USA
Burial
Dyersville, Delaware County, Iowa, USA Add to Map
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Parents: John and Hilda (Hermsen) Bockenstedt
Spouse: Victor Meier

Obituary: Dubuque Telegraph Herald September 5, 2013
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Telegraph Herald (Dubuque, IA) - Thursday, September 5, 2013

DYERSVILLE, Iowa - Pearl Meier, 89, of Dyersville, died Tuesday, Sept. 3, 2013, at Oak Crest Manor, Dyersville.

A Mass of Christian burial will be at 10 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 7, at St. Francis Xavier Basilica, Dyersville with the Rev. Noah Diehm officiating. Burial will be in
St. Francis Cemetery, Dyersville. Friends may call from 4 to 7 p.m. Friday, Sept. 6, at Kramer Funeral Home, Dyersville, where a vigil service will be at 6 p.m.

Pearl was born on July 7, 1924, in Petersburg, daughter of John and Hilda (Hermsen) Bockenstedt. She married Victor Meier on Feb. 6, 1946, in Petersburg. Victor and Pearl were married for 57 years until Victor passed away in 2003.

Pearl was a homemaker and helped Victor on their farm near Manchester. Victor and Pearl attended St. Mary's Catholic Church in Manchester and later, St. Francis Xavier Basilica in Dyersville.

Pearl was a great cook and will be remembered for her pies and cinnamon rolls. She loved to quilt and was a wonderful grandmother.

Surviving are her children, Patricia Meier, of Cedar Rapids, Robert (Linda) Meier, of Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, Connie (Jim) Cade, of Urbandale, Joyce (Tom) Fredrick, of Greenfield, Mass., and Janet (Steve) Domeyer, of Dubuque; grandchildren, Austin (Susannah) Kness, Anne (fiancé, Brice Lambelet) Meier, Sarah Cade, Laura (James) Fredrick-Mullen, Victoria Fredrick, Matthew (Wendy) Domeyer, Amy (Dan) Domeyer-Klenske, Emily Domeyer; great-grandchildren, Krista Meier, Michael Meier and Robert Meier; a great-great-grandson, Timothy Meier-Lyons; brothers and sister, Arlene (Ambrose) Langel, of Manchester, John (Dorothy) Bockenstedt, of Cedar Rapids, Walter (Mary) Bockenstedt, of Dubuque, Vernon Bockenstedt, of Colesburg, and Virgil (Sue) Bockenstedt, of Dubuque; and brothers- and sisters-in-law, Valeria Bockenstedt, of Petersburg, Dorothy Meier, of La Porte City, Marie Rottinghaus, of Waterloo, Clara Guynn and Agnes (Earl) Youngblut, of La Porte City, and Anne Bussman, of Spring Valley, Minn.

She also was preceded in death by her parents; grandsons, Tim Meier and Andrew Fredrick; a brother, Irvin Bockenstedt; sisters, Jeanne Oberbroeckling and Ruth Ann in infancy; brothers-in-law, Henry Oberbroeckling, Edward Meier, Othmar Meier and Larry Bussman; and a sister-in-law, Sharon Bockenstedt.

Memorials are may be given to St. Mary's Catholic School in Manchester and its Student Tuition Organization (STO).

We would like to thank the staff at Oakcrest Manor Nursing Home for the kind and compassionate care they gave our mother.

Parents: John and Hilda (Hermsen) Bockenstedt
Spouse: Victor Meier

Obituary: Dubuque Telegraph Herald September 5, 2013
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Telegraph Herald (Dubuque, IA) - Thursday, September 5, 2013

DYERSVILLE, Iowa - Pearl Meier, 89, of Dyersville, died Tuesday, Sept. 3, 2013, at Oak Crest Manor, Dyersville.

A Mass of Christian burial will be at 10 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 7, at St. Francis Xavier Basilica, Dyersville with the Rev. Noah Diehm officiating. Burial will be in
St. Francis Cemetery, Dyersville. Friends may call from 4 to 7 p.m. Friday, Sept. 6, at Kramer Funeral Home, Dyersville, where a vigil service will be at 6 p.m.

Pearl was born on July 7, 1924, in Petersburg, daughter of John and Hilda (Hermsen) Bockenstedt. She married Victor Meier on Feb. 6, 1946, in Petersburg. Victor and Pearl were married for 57 years until Victor passed away in 2003.

Pearl was a homemaker and helped Victor on their farm near Manchester. Victor and Pearl attended St. Mary's Catholic Church in Manchester and later, St. Francis Xavier Basilica in Dyersville.

Pearl was a great cook and will be remembered for her pies and cinnamon rolls. She loved to quilt and was a wonderful grandmother.

Surviving are her children, Patricia Meier, of Cedar Rapids, Robert (Linda) Meier, of Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, Connie (Jim) Cade, of Urbandale, Joyce (Tom) Fredrick, of Greenfield, Mass., and Janet (Steve) Domeyer, of Dubuque; grandchildren, Austin (Susannah) Kness, Anne (fiancé, Brice Lambelet) Meier, Sarah Cade, Laura (James) Fredrick-Mullen, Victoria Fredrick, Matthew (Wendy) Domeyer, Amy (Dan) Domeyer-Klenske, Emily Domeyer; great-grandchildren, Krista Meier, Michael Meier and Robert Meier; a great-great-grandson, Timothy Meier-Lyons; brothers and sister, Arlene (Ambrose) Langel, of Manchester, John (Dorothy) Bockenstedt, of Cedar Rapids, Walter (Mary) Bockenstedt, of Dubuque, Vernon Bockenstedt, of Colesburg, and Virgil (Sue) Bockenstedt, of Dubuque; and brothers- and sisters-in-law, Valeria Bockenstedt, of Petersburg, Dorothy Meier, of La Porte City, Marie Rottinghaus, of Waterloo, Clara Guynn and Agnes (Earl) Youngblut, of La Porte City, and Anne Bussman, of Spring Valley, Minn.

She also was preceded in death by her parents; grandsons, Tim Meier and Andrew Fredrick; a brother, Irvin Bockenstedt; sisters, Jeanne Oberbroeckling and Ruth Ann in infancy; brothers-in-law, Henry Oberbroeckling, Edward Meier, Othmar Meier and Larry Bussman; and a sister-in-law, Sharon Bockenstedt.

Memorials are may be given to St. Mary's Catholic School in Manchester and its Student Tuition Organization (STO).

We would like to thank the staff at Oakcrest Manor Nursing Home for the kind and compassionate care they gave our mother.

Bio by: Cheryl Locher Moonen



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