Gertrude R. Meyers
Des Moines

Gertrude R. Meyers, 87, of Des Moines, died Monday, December 20, 2004 at Mercy Medical Center. Funeral services will be Thursday 10 a.m. at Brooks Funeral Care University Chapel with burial in Laurel Hill Cemetery. She was a homemaker and loved to do crafts.

She is survived by three daughters, Betty and Don Schneider of Johnston, Barbara Alexander of Grimes, and Millie and Paul Yarges of Oxnard, CA; eight grandchildren, Ricky Alexander, Kim Andersen, Jerry Schneider, Jeff Schneider, Christie Lathrum, Cindy Aldous, Craig and John Yarges; and ten great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband, Francis Meyers.

Visitation is today from 5 to 7 p.m. at the funeral home