Leo Jacob Meyer

1893 - 1954  (60 years)

• Name	Leo Jacob Meyer
  Born	19 May 1893	West Olive, Ottawa County, Michigan, USA
  Gender	Male
  Died	9 May 1954	Holland, Ottawa County, Michigan, USA
  Buried	Pilgrim Home Cemetery, Holland, Ottawa County, Michigan, USA   [1]
  Person ID	I338208	Suedpfalz
  Last Modified	10 Jun 2016

  
  

  Father	Friedrich Karl Meyer,   b. 23 Apr 1872, Deutschland ,   d. 5 Nov 1933, Holland, Ottawa County, Michigan, USA  (Age 61 years)
  Mother	Lillian Mae Flieman,   b. 28 Oct 1876, Holland, Ottawa County, Michigan, USA ,   d. 8 Apr 1945, Holland, Ottawa County, Michigan, USA  (Age 68 years)
  Family ID	F113581	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Violet Genevieve Hull,   b. 7 Nov 1894, Iowa, USA ,   d. 26 Dec 1981, Holland, Ottawa County, Michigan, USA  (Age 87 years)
  Last Modified	1 May 2018
  Family ID	F113584	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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  [S926] Find-A-Grave, (www.findagrave.com). Leo Jacob Meyer Memorial Photos Flowers Edit Share Learn about sponsoring this memorial... Birth: May 19, 1893 Holland Ottawa County Michigan, USA Death: May 9, 1954 Holland Ottawa County Michigan, USA WORLD WAR I VETERAN Michigan Cook Co L 337 85th INF Leo was born in West Olive and moved to Holland with his family where he spent the rest of his life. Leo was out on his own at age 17 and worked as a chef at a Hotel up until then, which his Mother and Father ran. He traveled around Michigan working at resorts and hotels up through 1917 when he went to Florida and worked at the Hotel Salt Air, in West Palm Beach. 1930 Census: Belding, Ionia, Michigan: Leo J. Meyer 36y-married-servant; Violet G. Meyer 35y-married-servant; Working in a Hotel-head: John Rumohs & his wife Majorie and two chidlren and 3 other servants. He started Meyer's Bar B Que on Ottawa Beach Road, where he had a lunch counter, convience store and gas station/garage. He died of bone cancer at age at the age of 61. Obit Holland City News-May 10, 1954 Leo J. Meyer, 60, died at Holland Hospital early Sunday morning after an extended illness. He was born in Holland to the late Mr. and Mrs. Fred C. Meyer and served in the armed forces in World War I. He married Miss Jeanne Hull in Bellaire, Mich. and in 1937 he established the Meyer's Barbecue and supermarket on the Ottawa Beach Rd. He formerly served as a hotel chef, was a member of the Willard G. Leenhouts Post, No. 6, American Legion, the Disabled American Veterans and the Henry Walter Post of the Veterans of Foreign Wars. He is also a member of Unity Lodge No. 191 F and AM, the Holland Shrine and of the Loyal Order of the Moose. Surviving are the wife; one brother, Lester of Lansing, one sister, Mrs Delia Billings of Jackson. Private funeral services will be held at the Nibblelink-Notier Funeral Chapel Wednesday at a.m. with Very Rev. William C. Warner officiating. Burial will be in Pilgrim Home Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral chapel tonight and Tuesday from 7 to 9. Family links: Parents: Fredrick Carl Meyer (1872 - 1933) Lillian Mae Flieman Wagenveld (1876 - 1945) Spouse: Violet Genevieve Hull Meyer (1894 - 1981)* Sibling: Leo Jacob Meyer (1893 - 1954) Lester Fred Meyer (1905 - 1992)* *Calculated relationship Inscription: "Leo Jacob Meyer MICHIGAN COOK CO. L 337 INF 85 DIV WORLD WAR I May 19, 1893 - May 9, 1954" Burial: Pilgrim Home Cemetery Holland Ottawa County Michigan, USA Plot: PH-2-113-11 Created by: Leanne M. Meyer Record added: Oct 23, 2009 Find A Grave Memorial# 43452059