Family/Spouse: Sherry. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Niagara Gazette

TOWN OF CAMBRIA — (Town of Cambria) - Gerhard R. Meyers, age 78, of the Town of Cambria, died Monday, July 26, 2010, in the Buffalo General Hospital, after a long illness.

Gerhard was born June 26, 1932, in North Tonawanda, the son of the late Rudolph E. and Alvina (Hartwig) Meyers. He married Donna (Reinhardt) Meyers on February 2, 1957, in Lockport, and they have resided in the Town of Cambria the past 30 years.

Gerhard first worked at the former Western Block Co. in Lockport. He then owned and operated an independent trucking company. Gerhard then was a School Bus Driver, employed by Ridge Rd. Express Bus Co., in Lockport.

He was a member of St. Peter’s Lutheran Church at North Ridge where he had served as an usher, as a past President of the Board of Elders, and as President of the Congregation. Gerhard was a trumpet player and member of the American Legion Sikora Post #1322 Marching and Concert Band in North Tonawanda. He enjoyed farming and collected models of farming equipment and tractors. He also entered his antique John Deere tractor in tractor shows.

He is survived by his wife, Donna; his children, Larry Meyers of Lewiston, Jacquelyn Meyers of Ransomville, Jeffrey (Sherry) Meyers of the Town of Niagara, Michele Meyers and Melinda Meyers, both of Wilson; his grandchildren, Josef Delgado, Jeffrey Meyers, Jr., Nicholas, Kyle, Collin and Amanda Meyers; his great-grandchildren, Julia and Jacob Delgado; a brother, Carl (Elizabeth) Meyers of the Town of Cambria; a sister, Ruth (Benjamin) Schultz of North Tonawanda; and several nieces and nephews.

Friends may call at HARDISON FUNERAL HOME, 3648 Ransomville Rd., Ransomville on Wednesday from 7-9 PM. Funeral services will be held Thursday, July 29 at 11:00 AM in St. Peter's Lutheran Church at North Ridge, 4169 Church Rd., Town of Cambria, with the Rev. R.P. Vogeler officiating. Burial will follow in Acacia Park Cemetery, Town of Pendleton. Memorials may be made to St. Peter's Lutheran Church at North Ridge, 4169 Church Rd., Lockport, NY 14094.

Gerhard married REINHARDT, Donna Mae on 2 Feb 1957 in Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Niagara Gazette

MEYERS-In North Tonawanda Jan.
26- 1961. Rudoloh E.. ase 66. Husband
of Alvina Hartwig Meyers,
father of Carl and Gerhard of Sanborn,
Mrs. Benjamin Schultz of
North Tonawanda; brother of Albert
of Lockport. Mrs. Lydia Youde, Buffalo,
and Mrs. Leonard Monte, Sanborn.
Also survived by 8 grandchildren
and several nieces and nephews.
Friends may call at Pike and Jones
Funeral Home inc.. Hoover Rd., Sanborn,
where services will be held
Sunday at 2 p.m. and at 2:30 at St.
Andrews Lutheran Church, Pekin. The
Reverend Herman Meier officiating.
Interment in St. Andrews Cemetery

ALSO

Niagara Gazette - 1/27/1960

PEKIN-Rudolph E. Myers,
66, of Upper Mountain Road,
Town of Cambria, died Thursday
(Jan. 26, 1960) at DeGraff
M e m o r i a l . Hospital, North
Tonawanda, after a lengthy
illness.
He was born in the Town
of Wheatfield, April .17, 1894,
son of Carl and Henrietta
Kreuger Meyers. Mr. Meyers
had owned and operated his
farm near Pekin for rriore
than 20 years. He was a member
of St. Andrew's Lutheran
Church here and had served
as a trustee and elder for
many years.
Mr., Meyers was a member
of the Niagara County Extension
Service and the Artificial
Breeders Association of New
York State.
Survivors include his widow,
Alvina Hartwig Meyers;
two sons, Carl and Gerhard
Meyers, both of Upper Mountain
Road; a daughter, Mrs.
Benjamin Schultz, North Tqpawanda;
a brother, Albert
Meyers, Lockport; two sisters,
Mrs. Lydia Youde, Buffalo,
and Mrs. Leonard Monte, Sanborn;
eight grandchildren and
several nieces and nephews.
Funeral services will be
conducted at the Pike and
Jones Funeral Home, Sanborn,
at 2 p.m. Sunday and
at 2:30 at St. Andrew's Lutheran
Church by Rev. Herman
Meier of Lockport. Burial will
be in St. Andrew's Cemetery

Rudolph married HARTWIG, Alvina L about 1926 in Niagara County, NY. Alvina (daughter of HARTWIG, William and Louise) was born on 17 Jul 1890 in Springfield, Sangamon County, IL; died on 19 Nov 1967 in Degraff Memorial Hospital, North Tonawanda, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Niagara Gazette

SANBORN-Mrs. Alvina L. Meyers, 77. of 3600
Upper Mountain Road, died early Sunday (Nov. 19,
1967) in DeGraff Memorial Hospital. North Tonawanda,
after being stricken at her home with an apparent
heart attack.
Born July 17. 1890 in Springfield.
Ill., she was the daughter
of William and Louise
Hartwig and lived in this area
for the last 42 years and was
the widow of Rudolph Meyers
who died in 1961.
She was an active member
of the St. Andrew Lutheran
Church, Pekin.
Surviving a r e two sons.
Carl Meyers, Sanborn, and
Gerhard Meyers of Ransomville;
one d a u g h t e r . Mrs.
Benjamin (Ruth) Schultz of
North Tonawanda; 10 grandchildren
and several nieces
and nephews.
Friends m a y call at the
Pike and Jones Funeral Home
here from 2 to 4 p.m. and 7
to 9 pjn. today and Tuesday,
and from 12 noon to 2 p.m.
Wednesday at St. Andrew
Lutheran Church, where funeral
services w i l l be conducted
at 2 p.m. bv the
Rev. August Kreutz. Burial
will be in St. Andrew Cemetery.

Notes:

NOTE - could be Meyer(s) as shown on his wife's obit

Karl married KRUEGER, Wilhelmine Louise Henrietta on 5 May 1870 in Bergholtz, Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY. Wilhelmine (daughter of KRUEGER, Carl August and MOLL, Wilhelmine Phillipine Caroline) was born on 19 Feb 1853 in Town of Niagara, Niagara County, NY; died on 4 Nov 1940 in Sanborn, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

NF Gazette Nov 6, 1940
AGED WOMAN DIES
Rites Tomorrow For Mrs. Henriette Meyers, 87, Sanborn
SANBORN - Mrs. Henrietta Meyers, age 87. died at the home of her daughter. Mrs. Leonard Mante in Elm street, on Monday evening after a brief illness. Mrs. Meyers is survived by three sons. William, of Buffalo: Albert, of Shawnee, and Rudolph Meyers, of Pekin; four daughters, Mrs. Albert Witcop, of Lockport: Mrs. Gustav Blank and Mrs. John Yaude, of Niagara Falls, and Mrs. Leonard Mante of Sanborn; two brothers. Rudolph Kuhlman, of Niagara Falls, and Charles Kuhlman, of Buffalo, a sister, Mrs. Pauline Schroeder; also 16 grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren. The funeral services will be held at the home of her daughter. Mrs. Leonard Mante, in Elm street tomorrow at 2 p. m. and at St. Andrews Evangelical Lutheran church in Upper Mountain road at 2:30 p.m. The Rev. Christian Schmidt will officiate and interment will be in St. Andrew's cemetery, Pekin.

William + Louise. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]