Dorothy Lee Meyer's Obituary
Dorothy Meyer Obituary
Born Dorothy Lee Ellis, a Mvskoke citizen of the Turtle Clan, she was true to her heritage. As a young girl living in rural Oklahoma during the Great Depression, she and her seven siblings acquired a wealth of knowledge and skills that enabled their family to survive and prosper during that challenging time.
She passed her experience down as a gift to her children and grandchildren, as they can attest, in the stories they share of epic fishing trips and countless excursions to pick wild berries, greens, plums, onions and anything else deemed edible. She was the traditional hunter/gatherer, and many critters found their way to her table after visiting her garden, including the tom turkey who hesitated too long and met the working end of a 20-gauge shotgun. Dorothy was eighty-five, the turkey’s age was not determined, but to the tom’s credit, he dressed out at 17 pounds.
She began her own family on January 2, 1941, when she wed Hubert C. Meyer (Junior), the boy down the road. Together they raised four sons until his passing. She was the family matriarch for eighty-one years. She now walks once again with husband Junior, her parents (Abner Doolie and Nellie Bruner Ellis), her five siblings (Willie, Richard, Jacob, Lilian and Pandora), her son (Hubert W. “Bill” Meyer), one grandson (Willie Chad Meyer), and one great granddaughter (Alicia Joyce Petherick).
Dorothy is survived by one brother (A.D. Ellis), one sister (Sue Burke), three sons (Charles W. Meyer of Catoosa, OK.; Rodney W. Meyer (Lisa) of Austin, TX.; and Gordon W. Meyer (Sandy) of Beggs, OK.), a daughter-in-law (Julia Eikenberry of Beggs, OK.), nine grandchildren and fifteen great grandchildren, all of whom bid farewell to our slow falling leaf.
Cehecares. May you rest well in the land of Hesaketv Messe.
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