In Loving Memory

Erma K. Meyer
October 29, 1919 - April 12, 2008

MONTICELLO - Erma Meyer, 88, of Monticello, died Saturday morning, April 12, 2008, in the Monticello Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, following a brief illness. Services: 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, Peace United Church of Christ, Monticello, with the Rev. Peter Wenzel officiating. Interment: Oakwood Cemetery. Friends may call from 4 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at the Goettsch Funeral Home, Monticello.

Thoughts, memories and condolences may be left at www.goettschonline.com

Surviving are two children, Bill (Linda) Meyer of Monticello, and Lila (John) Hancock of Shellsburg; two daughters-in-law, Janet Meyer of Monticello and Lois Meyer of Murphy, Okla.; 12 grandchildren and 21 great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Clarence; two sons, Ronald and Clarence Jr.; two sisters, Edna Grace and Bess; and two brothers, Oscar and Vernon.

Erma Kathleen Lee was born Oct. 29, 1919, in Wick, Iowa. She was the daughter of Oscar and Ruth Cox Lee.

Erma married Clarence Meyer on May 15, 1937, at Galena, Ill. Erma worked at the Reliance Shirt Factory in Anamosa and the Button Factory and Hoag Duster in Monticello. She retired from the John McDonald Hospital in 1979, where she worked for many years. Clarence preceded her in death on July 29, 1973. Erma had been a resident at the care center since December 2007.

The family would like to thank Above and Beyond Hospice and the staff at the Monticello Nursing and Rehabilitation Center for their dedication and wonderful care.

I'll miss you Grandma.