The Monroe News-Star.
Wednesday, May 3, 1950
Page 1; Column 4
MEYER RITES TO BE PRIVATE.
Prominent Resident's Funeral To Be In Charge Of Mulhearns.
Mrs. Melanie Meyer, 85, connected with one of Monroe's best known families died in her hotel apartment here Tuesday night. She had been ill for several weeks.
The funeral, conducted by Rabbi F. K. Hirsch, will be private and directed by Mulhearn Funeral Home. No flowers are asked of friends and relatives.
Mrs. Meyer was one of the wealthiest women in Monroe, being widow of Sol Meyer who, with his brothers, conducted the largest dry goods store in Monroe for many years.
She was born in south Germany and educated in Manheim. She came to America as a young woman and married Mr. Meyer. Surviving is an only daughter, Miss Lillian Meyer, and an only sister, Mrs. Jolie Broda, both residing in Hotel Frances and several nephews and nieces.
**A little over three years after her mother's death, daughter Lillian Meyer was found dead in her four story brownstone in New York City. According to the June 18, 1953 Monroe New-Star, Lillian was discovered sitting at her kitchen table, bonds and uncashed checks before her. She had inherited a number of valuable properties at her mother's death, most in downtown Monroe. She was born on March 12, 1891 and attended Barnard College/Columbia University in New York City. While living in Monroe, she dedicated herself to social services such as the Anti-Tuberculosis campaign and working with incarcerated juveniles at the Louisiana Training Institute. In 1917 she was appointed by Judge Ben C. Dawkins as probation officer for Ouachita Parish. In 1920 the News-Star described her as an "aggressive advocate of the Susan B. Anthony amendment."
She fought diligently for women's rights in the state and on the national level.
Wednesday, May 3, 1950
Page 1; Column 4
MEYER RITES TO BE PRIVATE.
Prominent Resident's Funeral To Be In Charge Of Mulhearns.
Mrs. Melanie Meyer, 85, connected with one of Monroe's best known families died in her hotel apartment here Tuesday night. She had been ill for several weeks.
The funeral, conducted by Rabbi F. K. Hirsch, will be private and directed by Mulhearn Funeral Home. No flowers are asked of friends and relatives.
Mrs. Meyer was one of the wealthiest women in Monroe, being widow of Sol Meyer who, with his brothers, conducted the largest dry goods store in Monroe for many years.
She was born in south Germany and educated in Manheim. She came to America as a young woman and married Mr. Meyer. Surviving is an only daughter, Miss Lillian Meyer, and an only sister, Mrs. Jolie Broda, both residing in Hotel Frances and several nephews and nieces.
**A little over three years after her mother's death, daughter Lillian Meyer was found dead in her four story brownstone in New York City. According to the June 18, 1953 Monroe New-Star, Lillian was discovered sitting at her kitchen table, bonds and uncashed checks before her. She had inherited a number of valuable properties at her mother's death, most in downtown Monroe. She was born on March 12, 1891 and attended Barnard College/Columbia University in New York City. While living in Monroe, she dedicated herself to social services such as the Anti-Tuberculosis campaign and working with incarcerated juveniles at the Louisiana Training Institute. In 1917 she was appointed by Judge Ben C. Dawkins as probation officer for Ouachita Parish. In 1920 the News-Star described her as an "aggressive advocate of the Susan B. Anthony amendment."
She fought diligently for women's rights in the state and on the national level.
The Monroe News-Star.
Wednesday, May 3, 1950
Page 1; Column 4
MEYER RITES TO BE PRIVATE.
Prominent Resident's Funeral To Be In Charge Of Mulhearns.
Mrs. Melanie Meyer, 85, connected with one of Monroe's best known families died in her hotel apartment here Tuesday night. She had been ill for several weeks.
The funeral, conducted by Rabbi F. K. Hirsch, will be private and directed by Mulhearn Funeral Home. No flowers are asked of friends and relatives.
Mrs. Meyer was one of the wealthiest women in Monroe, being widow of Sol Meyer who, with his brothers, conducted the largest dry goods store in Monroe for many years.
She was born in south Germany and educated in Manheim. She came to America as a young woman and married Mr. Meyer. Surviving is an only daughter, Miss Lillian Meyer, and an only sister, Mrs. Jolie Broda, both residing in Hotel Frances and several nephews and nieces.
**A little over three years after her mother's death, daughter Lillian Meyer was found dead in her four story brownstone in New York City. According to the June 18, 1953 Monroe New-Star, Lillian was discovered sitting at her kitchen table, bonds and uncashed checks before her. She had inherited a number of valuable properties at her mother's death, most in downtown Monroe. She was born on March 12, 1891 and attended Barnard College/Columbia University in New York City. While living in Monroe, she dedicated herself to social services such as the Anti-Tuberculosis campaign and working with incarcerated juveniles at the Louisiana Training Institute. In 1917 she was appointed by Judge Ben C. Dawkins as probation officer for Ouachita Parish. In 1920 the News-Star described her as an "aggressive advocate of the Susan B. Anthony amendment."
She fought diligently for women's rights in the state and on the national level.
Wednesday, May 3, 1950
Page 1; Column 4
MEYER RITES TO BE PRIVATE.
Prominent Resident's Funeral To Be In Charge Of Mulhearns.
Mrs. Melanie Meyer, 85, connected with one of Monroe's best known families died in her hotel apartment here Tuesday night. She had been ill for several weeks.
The funeral, conducted by Rabbi F. K. Hirsch, will be private and directed by Mulhearn Funeral Home. No flowers are asked of friends and relatives.
Mrs. Meyer was one of the wealthiest women in Monroe, being widow of Sol Meyer who, with his brothers, conducted the largest dry goods store in Monroe for many years.
She was born in south Germany and educated in Manheim. She came to America as a young woman and married Mr. Meyer. Surviving is an only daughter, Miss Lillian Meyer, and an only sister, Mrs. Jolie Broda, both residing in Hotel Frances and several nephews and nieces.
**A little over three years after her mother's death, daughter Lillian Meyer was found dead in her four story brownstone in New York City. According to the June 18, 1953 Monroe New-Star, Lillian was discovered sitting at her kitchen table, bonds and uncashed checks before her. She had inherited a number of valuable properties at her mother's death, most in downtown Monroe. She was born on March 12, 1891 and attended Barnard College/Columbia University in New York City. While living in Monroe, she dedicated herself to social services such as the Anti-Tuberculosis campaign and working with incarcerated juveniles at the Louisiana Training Institute. In 1917 she was appointed by Judge Ben C. Dawkins as probation officer for Ouachita Parish. In 1920 the News-Star described her as an "aggressive advocate of the Susan B. Anthony amendment."
She fought diligently for women's rights in the state and on the national level.
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