EVELYN GERTRUDE HEINEN MEYER (1902-1995) Evelyn was born on December 24, 1902, and she attended schools in Milwaukee, graduating from South Division High School and the Milwaukee Normal School. She also held certificates in music, in particular a master's degree in music theory from the Wisconsin College of Music with a study on Cesar Franck under the instruction of Karl
Eppert. She played the piano and organ at Faith Lutheran Church for many years. She taught private piano lessons and worked in a music store playing sheet music for prospective buyers. Before her marriage, Evelyn taught kindergarten at
27th Street School, Milwaukee. On October 9, 1926, she married Eugene Paul Meyer, and they had three children Marion Agnes Meyer Thompson March 6, 1930), Marjorie Evelyn Meyer Halvorson (July 5,
1933), and Mildred Ellen Meyer Boaz (July 2, 1938). She lived on the South Side of Milwaukee in the family home at
1033 South 29th Street until her death February 5, 1995. She is buried in Arlington Cemetery, Milwaukee.
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