Vivien Meyer

Vivien Meyer, 93, of Arnolds Park died Monday, March 3 at Avera Holy Family Hospital in Estherville. Vivien, as a resident of Rosewood Manor, in Estherville, was an active part of that community and developed many friendships over the past three years. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held Thursday, March 13, at 10:30 AM, at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Milford, with Msgr. Kenneth Seinfried presiding. Burial will be in St. Joseph Cemetery, LeMars, Iowa at 3:00 PM. Visitation will be held Wednesday evening, March 12 at St. Joseph's beginning at 5:00, with the family present, followed by a 5:30 Rosary and a 6:00 Prayer Service. Vivien Schlesser Meyer was born March 25, 1914 at Struble, Iowa to Nick and Mary Flaherty Schlesser. She attended rural school and graduated from LeMars High School in 1932 and taught at a country school near her home in Struble. She was married to George F. Meyer in 1937 at LeMars. To this union were born two daughters, Betty A. Haight and Dorothy D. Sloma. They moved to the lakes area in 1950 where they opened The Trading Post. In 1960 they moved to a lakeside acreage in Arnolds Park. Vivien was a member of St. Joseph Catholic Church in Milford and the Rosary Altar Society. Her roots were in the farm and she maintained a lifelong active interest in farm management. She was a vociferous reader of literature and poetry, enjoyed her home and garden and the wildlife that always surrounded her at the lake. But most of all, she enjoyed visits from family and friends - hospitality was her ministry. Vivien is survived by her two daughters, Betty A. Haight and her husband, Raymond, of Laguna Beach, California and Dorothy D. Sloma and her husband, Greg, of Elkhorn, Nebraska and two grandchildren, Meghan Sloma of Arnolds Park and Brian Sloma of Pasadena, California and her sister, Betty Pochop of LeMars, Iowa. She was preceded in death by her husband George, her parents and her sister, Roseen Puhl. If you would like to make a contribution in Vivien's name, please direct them to either Orphaned and Injured Wildlife in Spirit Lake; the Arnolds Park Library or People For Pets, 2312 Hwy. Blvd., Spencer.