Victoria "Viki" Meyer

1937 - 2024

I had a wonderful life. I was born June 18, 1937, in New York City to Audray Carlen and Victor Acampora. They were married as teenagers and were soon divorced. My mother made her way as a single parent and I was raised by Anna Carlen, my grandmother. After a few years my mother remarried Gaylord Edward Meyer. He adopted me. I am proud to have been their daughter. My mother taught me to have a passion for learning and independence. My father taught me to observe human behavior. People will tell you what they are by their actions more than by what they say.

I graduated from the University of Alaska Fairbanks with a bachelor's degree in education. I taught primary grades from 1966 to 1986. It was a creative and marvelous way to earn a living. In 1990 I moved to Lorane, Oregon, where I opened a library. It was built on donations of books and in two years grew from 100 books to 10,000 books! I traveled the world, paid my own way, lived as an independent woman, a realist, and proudly as a nontheist. To my friends and lovers, thank you for your care and patience. To everyone; be kind, be helpful, and mostly have fun every day.

- Written by Viki in October 2007