Wilma Myers

Wilma Mabel Myers, 91, formerly of Jackson, died Sunday, Aug. 18, 2013, in skilled nursing at the Lutheran Home in Cape Girardeau.

She was born May 3, 1922, at Old Appleton, daughter of Edward James and Nora M. Weisbrod Biri. She and Willard D. "Bill" Myers were married Sept. 25, 1940, at Benton, Mo.

The couple moved to Saxony Village at the Lutheran Home in 2004 after residing more than 60 years in Jackson. Failing health required a subsequent move to assisted living on the same campus in 2008.

She worked as a waitress at various restaurants throughout her life and was the personal waitress for the Jackson Rotary Club about 20 years.

Mrs. Myers was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Bill; two brothers, Lester and Loyd Biri; three sisters, Audrey Cummins, Lorene Bragg and Thelma Biri; and a great-grandson, Zachary Earnest.

She is survived by a sister, Nada Nagel of Cape Girardeau; a daughter, Peggy (Marvin) Sneller of Roselle, Ill.; a son, the Rev. Dr. Larry Myers of New Berlin, Wis.; three grandchildren, Brent (Cindy) Sneller of Roselle, Beth (Mark) Earnest of Waukesha, Wis., and Christoph Myers of New Berlin; four great-grandchildren, Madelyn Sneller, Ashley Sneller, Tyler Earnest and Benjamin Earnest; and numerous nieces and nephews.

Friends may call from 5 to 8 p.m. Friday at McCombs Funeral Home in Jackson, and from 10 a.m. until time of service Saturday at St. Paul Lutheran Church in Jackson.

The funeral will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at the church, with the Rev. Robert Henrichs officiating. Interment will be in Russell Heights Cemetery in Jackson.

In lieu of flowers, the family requests memorial contributions to St. Paul Lutheran Church Radio Broadcast.

"For I know that my Redeemer lives, and at the last he will stand upon the earth. And after my skin has been thus destroyed, yet in my flesh I shall see God, whom I shall see for myself, and my eyes shall behold, and not another. My heart faints within me!" (Job 19:25-27 -- ESV)

Sympathy messages may be sent to the family online at mccombsfuneralhome.com.