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ObituariesJuly 21, 1996

PERRYVILLE -- Leona M. Ponder Meyer, 72, of Perryville died Friday, July 19, 1996, at her home. She was born June 3, 1924, at Apple Creek, daughter of the late William and Clara Trapp Ponder. She married Clemens T. Meyer, who died Nov. 4, 1989. Meyer had been a top-stitcher at International Shoe Co...

PERRYVILLE -- Leona M. Ponder Meyer, 72, of Perryville died Friday, July 19, 1996, at her home.

She was born June 3, 1924, at Apple Creek, daughter of the late William and Clara Trapp Ponder.

She married Clemens T. Meyer, who died Nov. 4, 1989.

Meyer had been a top-stitcher at International Shoe Co.

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She is survived by two sons, Gary of Perryville and Randy of Uniontown; three daughters, Betty Schmidt of Frohna, Ruth Hager of Apple Creek and Kathy Pecaut of Perryville; three sisters, Mary Robinson and Luella Degenhardt, both of Perryville, and Antonia Naumann of Festus; four brothers, William Ponder of Apple Creek, Raymond and Anton Ponder, both of Jackson, and Martin Ponder of Fenton; 16 grandchildren; and nine great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by two brothers, a sister and a grandchild.

Visitation will be today from 4 to 9 p.m. and Monday from 6:30 to 10:20 a.m. at Miller Family Funeral Home in Perryville. Wake service will be at 7 tonight. The rosary will be recited at 9 a.m. Monday at the funeral home. Funeral Mass will be celebrated at 10:30 a.m. Monday at St. Vincent de Paul Catholic Church in Perryville, with the Rev. George Billings presiding.

Burial will be at Mount Hope Cemetery.

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