Wahkiakum County Eagle-July 1996

Paul Eugene Meyer

  Age 77, of Skamokawa, died in a Portland hospital.  He was born in 
New Plymouth, Idaho, to Ernst and Florence (Ackerman) Meyer, and grew 
up on a farm.  He and his wife, Iva were married July 7, 1940, in New 
Plymouth, and lived in Idaho until 1968, when they moved to 
Bakersfield, Calif.  They came to Skamokawa 15 years ago.
  While in Idaho, he worked on a ranch.  In Bakersfield, he was a 
mechanic on oil rigs for more than 20 years.  He enjoyed fishing, 
gardening, tinkering, traveling, and spending time with his 
grandchildren.
  Survivors include his wife, Iva, at home; four daughters, Virginia 
Brown of Kent, Doris Muller of Parma, Idaho, Dorothy Brown of Longview 
and Florence Caldwell of Port Orchard; five sons, Francis and Robert of 
Skamokawa, Bernard of Meridian, Idaho, Danny of Bakersfield, Clifford 
of Maricopa, Calif, and Ernst of Longview; two sisters, Evelyn Larson 
and Betty Ballzor of Boise; 37 grandchildren; 40 great-grandchildren; 
and many nieces and nephews.  He was preceded in death by three 
sisters, Elizabeth Meyer, Edna Brockman and Ruth Whitney; and two 
brothers, Phillip and Art Meyer.
 Services were Tuesday at Dowling Funeral Home, Cathlamet.  Dowling 
Funeral Home was in charge.


Fern Hill Cemetery-Skamokawa, Wa.
13 Jul 1919-19 Jul 1996
(As transcribed by the Wahkiakum County Historical Society Museum)