- Date Of Death: February 9, 2007
- State: Iowa
Leta Eileen Reynolds Meyer was born March 4, 1925, in Eagle Grove, Iowa, the fifth of nine children for Bernice (Kinsella) and Lyle Reynolds. She was raised in Algona, Iowa, where she graduated from St. Cecilia’s Academy in 1944. Following graduation, she was hired as a telephone operator at the prisoner of war camp west of Algona. After World War II she was a sales clerk at Crishellis’ Women’s Department Store.
While at a carnival in Whittemore, Iowa, she met Raymond Meyer in the summer of 1947. They married the following spring on Tuesday, March 30, 1948, and spent 58 years together. They built a life made of sharing, love, companionship, fun, and laughter that took them through the poor times, the healthy years, the successes, retirement and even through their Alzheimer journey.
Leta knew that having a large family was important to Ray, so together they had three children. Then through the babysitting that Leta did and the foreign exchange students that they welcomed, an extended family was created. One of the relationships resulted in a very special bond. Marlene and Debbie Schildberg became like family when Leta babysat Debbie from the time she was just six weeks old. As a mother she was patient, kind, playful, a good teacher, generous, loving, and supportive.
