Born July 1, 1875 Clinton County, Iowa
Entered Into Rest at Mrs. William Fries Home, Ida Grove January 9, 1953
Age 77 years, 6 months, 8 days Services Held At Zion Lutheran Church Manning Tuesday, January 13, 1953
Clergyman Rev. John M. Ansorge Pastor Zion Lutheran Church
Interment Manning Cemetery
Pallbearers: Marvin Kuhl, Wilbur Anthony, John A. Ehrichs, Bennie Otto, Clausie Strosahl, Ed Kruse

Funeral Tuesday
Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m., Tuesday at Zion Lutheran Church here with Pastor John M. Ansorge officiating. Burial will be in Manning Cemetery.

Survivors include two sons, William F., Westside; Ed, Manilla; two daughters, Mrs. Charles (Wilhelmina) Gruhn and Mrs. Hubert (Edna) Rowedder, Manning; 14 grandchildren and one great-grandchild. A brother, Frank, lives in Denison.

Mr. Meggers was preceded in death by his wife, January 20, 1930; and twin sons, who died in infancy.

Long Time Resident
Born July 1, 1875, in Clinton County, Iowa, he came with his parents, Franz and Anna Meggers, in 1879 to Western Iowa. In 1890, the family settled in the present farm west of Manning in Crawford County. Mr. Meggers lived there until recently.

He was married December 5, 1898, to Sophia Nulle in the Lutheran Church here. He was an active farmer until 1931. He served on the Crawford board of supervisors for six years.
Carroll Daily Times Herald, January 10, 1953