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Ruth Meyers

1923 - 2012

BORN

1923

DIED

2012

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City View Funeral Home and Cemetery

390 Hoyt St. South

Salem, Oregon

Ruth Meyers Obituary

Ruth Aurora Meyers

March 13, 1923 -

December 22, 2012

SALEM - Ruth Aurora Laurene Meyers was born in Sodra Aby, Sweden. She came to America at the age of three years with her mother, sister and brother, now all deceased. Her early childhood and high school years were spent in New Jersey. She moved to Oregon in 1946 right after WWII. She attended the University of Oregon for two years where she met Joseph Duncan Meyers. They were married in 1949 in Portland. They had one daughter, Denise, who is still living. Joseph and Ruth were married for 55 years until Joseph's death in 2005. Ruth will be buried at Willamette National Cemetery next to her husband, a WWII veteran.

Ruth is survived by two brothers, Oscar and George both of Florida; four nieces and two nephews.

Memorial service will be 11:00 am Wed. Jan. 9 at Salem Unitarian Church 5090 Center St. NE under the direction of City View Funeral Home.

Published by The Statesman Journal on Jan. 8, 2013.
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