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IN LOVING MEMORY OF
Bill
Meyer
September 14, 1924 – January 5, 2012
Obituary
Celebration of Life for Siebold "Bill" Meyer, age 87 of Mobridge will be at 2:00 PM Saturday, Jan. 14, 2012 at United Congregational Church in Mobridge. Burial will be 10:00 AM Saturday at Spring Valley Cemetery in Pollock under the direction of Kesling Funeral Home. Visitation will be from 5-7 PM Friday at the funeral home. Bill passed away Thursday, Jan. 5, 2012 at Golden Living Center in Mobridge.
Bill Meyer 87, of Mobridge passed away on January 5, 2012, after a courageous battle with cancer and other heath problems, at the Golden Living Center in Mobridge, S.D.
Bill was born on Sep. 14, 1924 to Henry and Jessie (DeBoer) Meyer of Rock Rapids Iowa. From 1926 until 1932 the family farmed near Timber Lake, SD before moving to Pollock, SD. Bill being the second oldest child quit school at the age of 14, when his father died, and worked on the family farm helping his mother run the farm and raise a family of seven children.
He married Cleo Olson on January 1, 1946 and they lived on the Smith Ranch near Pollock. Bill purchased the Pollock IHC Implement business in 1953. In 1959 they moved to Mobridge where he became a partner in the Mobridge Livestock Company. Bill wore many hats during his lifetime career in Pollock and Mobridge and generously used them all. He was a farmer, auctioneer, and implement dealer, real estate appraiser & salesman. Back in 1977 he was the first to raise potatoes on irrigation in the Pollock area and was know as "the potato man." He enjoyed best seeing crops and livestock grow. Bill was also a civic-minded man. He served on the Pollock town board and fire department, the Mobridge School, hospital, and rodeo boards.
Bill is survived by two sons, Darwin (Mary) Meyer, Leigh (Debbie) Meyer and one daughter Jaci (Rocco) Konop. His grandchildren Michelle (Jeff) Wright, Garrett (Melissa) Meyer, Seth Meyer, Georgia and Jack Konop. His great grandchildren Ryan & Macy Wright. One brother, Vernon (Priscilla) Meyer and one sister, Sylvia (Ron) Smithgall.
Preceding Bill in death were his wife, parents, four brothers, Peter, Henry, Harold, Virtus and one sister Elizabeth.
In lieu of flowers the family prefers memorials in Bill's memory be made to the Mobridge Library or the Klein Museum.
Bill Meyer 87, of Mobridge passed away on January 5, 2012, after a courageous battle with cancer and other heath problems, at the Golden Living Center in Mobridge, S.D.
Bill was born on Sep. 14, 1924 to Henry and Jessie (DeBoer) Meyer of Rock Rapids Iowa. From 1926 until 1932 the family farmed near Timber Lake, SD before moving to Pollock, SD. Bill being the second oldest child quit school at the age of 14, when his father died, and worked on the family farm helping his mother run the farm and raise a family of seven children.
He married Cleo Olson on January 1, 1946 and they lived on the Smith Ranch near Pollock. Bill purchased the Pollock IHC Implement business in 1953. In 1959 they moved to Mobridge where he became a partner in the Mobridge Livestock Company. Bill wore many hats during his lifetime career in Pollock and Mobridge and generously used them all. He was a farmer, auctioneer, and implement dealer, real estate appraiser & salesman. Back in 1977 he was the first to raise potatoes on irrigation in the Pollock area and was know as "the potato man." He enjoyed best seeing crops and livestock grow. Bill was also a civic-minded man. He served on the Pollock town board and fire department, the Mobridge School, hospital, and rodeo boards.
Bill is survived by two sons, Darwin (Mary) Meyer, Leigh (Debbie) Meyer and one daughter Jaci (Rocco) Konop. His grandchildren Michelle (Jeff) Wright, Garrett (Melissa) Meyer, Seth Meyer, Georgia and Jack Konop. His great grandchildren Ryan & Macy Wright. One brother, Vernon (Priscilla) Meyer and one sister, Sylvia (Ron) Smithgall.
Preceding Bill in death were his wife, parents, four brothers, Peter, Henry, Harold, Virtus and one sister Elizabeth.
In lieu of flowers the family prefers memorials in Bill's memory be made to the Mobridge Library or the Klein Museum.
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