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• Birth	13 Apr 1902	Alva, Woods, Oklahoma
  Gender	Male
  Died	26 Dec 1975	Alva, Woods, Oklahoma
  Person ID	I0249	Kletke-Durham
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2009
  Father	Fredrick Henry Meyer,   b. 29 Sep 1856, Konighousen, Kreises Lubbecke, Germany ,   d. 03 Apr 1929, Alva, Woods, Oklahoma
  Mother	Magadalena Helene Kletke,   b. 28 Mar 1866, Alexen, East Prussia, Germany ,   d. 27 May 1948, Alva, Woods, Oklahoma
  Married	6 Mar 1892
  Family ID	F101	Group Sheet
  Family	Elsie Pauline Meyer
  Married	29 Oct 1925
  Children	1. Elsie Elaine Meyer
  Family ID	F103	Group Sheet

• Photos	Meyer Family Fredrick & Magadalena Helene Meyer with their children Arthur, Walter, Martin, Karl, Ernest & Agnes

• Notes

  Ernest William Meyer, son of Fredrick Henry and Helena Meyer nee Kletke, was born Apr. 13, 1902 on the farm two miles east of Alva. His parents had made the run into the Oklahoma Territory in 1893 locating in Kay County, O.T. In 1901 they made the move to Alva. Ernest attended the public school east of Alva, Triumph School District 105, with Mrs. Fash as his first teacher. He also attended the Lutheran school in Alva and was confirmed into the Lutheran faith at the age of thirteen. He attended Sweeney Auto School of Kansas City, Mo. after which he returned to Alva to help with his father's farming operations. On Oct. 28, 1925 he married Elsie Pauline Meyer who lived five miles southwest of Alva. Elsie Meyer was the daughter of John E. and Anna Meyer nee Moeller. The have one child, a daughter Elsie Elaine. Elaine began school where her father attended school east of Alva, and attended Horace Mann high school and Northwestern State College. Ernest, after retiring from his farming operations in 1946, moved into the city of Alva and took over the Massey Harris Implement business about a year later. Ernest and Elsie's daughter Elaine married William Campbell Diacon, the son of Glenn and Zelma Diacon nee Campbell. Bill attended Northwestern State College in Alva. he served in the United States Navy for 4 1/2 years serving in the Pacific Theater. Bill and Elaine took over the farming interest of Ernest and Elsie Meyer and are still living on the farm that had belonged to her father and grandfather Fredrick Meyer. They have two sons. Glenn Ernest attended Lutheran school, Alva High school, Northwestern State College receiving a degree in economics and sociology, and Oklahoma state University in Stillwater. Glenn married Kathy Louise Bockelman. They live in Alva. Soon after marriage Glenn adopted Claudia Jo, the daughter of Kathy by a former marriage. In 1975 a daughter, Tobi Charmaine, was born to them. Stanley Niles attended Lutheran school, Alva high school, and Northwestern State College. he married Brenda Susan Rasco, and they live in Alva. Both Glenn and Stanley are farming and ranching together with their father. Following his retirement Ernest and Elsie moved to their home at 1020 Locust Street in Alva. On Dec. 26, 1975 Ernest died suddenly after a heart attack and he is interred in the Lutheran cemetery. Elaine Diacon (nee Meyer), 1976.