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- The Sacramento Bee (CA)
April 21, 2010
MEIER, Ernest H. Born on July 23, 1914, to John and Mary (Heinrichson) Meier in Pony Gulch near Harvey, N.D., and entered into rest on April 16, 2010. He was 95 years old.
Dad grew up working on the family farm, then came to California during the depression, where found a job at Libby Cannery until he was drafted into the Army, six weeks before Pearl Harbor in 1941.
In the army he served as radar station operator on the Oregon coast, then later in Italy.
After World War II ended he went to work for Southern Pacific Railroad before joining the U.S. Postal service in Sacramento where he retired in 1975. Dad purchased five acres in West Sacramento, married Annie Donahue, and built his own home, where he lived until his passing.
Preceding him death were his four brothers, Otto, Reuben, Albert, and Lawrence, two sisters, Bertha and Clara, and his wife of 45 years, Annie.
Dad had a long life and is survived by his four children Joe, Mary, Ronnie, and Carolyn, his five grandchildren Lonnie, Joshua, Joey, Thomas, and Hanna, and four great-grandchildren Audrey, Brady, Elly, and Shelly.
Throughout his life he had several jobs. He always said his most important were being a son, brother, husband, father, and a wonderful old Grandpa.
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