Lorine D. (Hill) Meyer, 88, of Estherville, formerly of Clarion, passed away
after a courageous battle with cancer on Wednesday, April 8, 2020 at Windsor
Manor, Estherville.
Due to Governor Reynolds' current declaration for limiting attendance at public
gatherings, public services will be held at a later date. Private family
committal services will be held at Evergreen Cemetery in Clarion, Iowa.
Lorine D. (Hill) Meyer was born to Bernard B. and Mary C. (Reiland) Hill on
December 31, 1931 on a farm in Woolstock township, southwest of Clarion, Iowa,
the eldest of five children. She was baptized and made her First Communion in
St. Joseph's Catholic Church southwest of Clarion and Confirmed in St. John
Catholic Church in Clarion. Lorine attended Wright County rural schools, St.
John Catholic School and Clarion Public School system. She graduated from
Clarion High School in 1949.
On September 24, 1949 Lorine and Clair O. Meyer were married in Clarion and they
moved to Webster City, Iowa where three children were born, Juli, Bernard and
Peggy. On September 24, 1954 they moved to a farm in Wall Lake Township in
Wright County, where she was a farm wife, Super Value grocery store cashier and
bookkeeper at Hagies through harvest in 1965.
They moved to Clear Lake and Fort Dodge where Lorine worked as a receptionist
and bookkeeper until 1969. In the fall of 1969 they operated the airport in
Okoboji in the summer months and a snowmobile shop in the winter months where
she was bookkeeper and sales. In October of 1972 they moved to Estherville where
they operated the airport and Lorine did everything but fly planes until the
middle of 1978. Lorine worked at a trucking firm as a bookkeeper and as a Census
taker in 1980. October of 1980 they moved to Alabama where Clair built a plane
for a man through January 1982. In February 1982 they moved back to Clarion
where she was bookkeeper, treasurer, inventory control and cover sewer in the
manufacture of ultralights and the restoration of wooden boats. Lorine also
worked as a waitress, a packer, receiving and returns clerk at Meredith /
Neodata.
Lorine was a member of St. John Catholic Church, where she was very active. She
was also active in ECHO, Meals on Wheels and Senior Citizens. Lorine was a past
member of EAA, Antique Airplanes Assn, Antique and Classic Boating Society and
Clear Lake Chapter of ACBS.
She especially enjoyed her family and participating in all their activities and
reading.
Lorine is survived by daughter, Juli St. Clair of Venice, Florida; son, Bernie
(Alma) Meyer of Estherville, Iowa; 5 grandchildren; 9 great-grandchildren;
brother, Robert (Donna) Hill of Clarion, Iowa; sister, Patricia Mickelson of
Eagle Grove, Iowa; sisters-in-law, Elsie Hill of Clarion, Iowa, Julie Meyer of
Clear Lake, Iowa and many nieces and nephews and cousins.
Lorine was preceded in death by her parents Bernard and Mary Hill; husband,
Clair; infant daughter, Peggy; parents-in-law, Henry and Erna Meyer; brothers,
Kenneth and Gary Hill; sisters-in-law, Shirley Meyer, Bonnie Hill;
brothers-in-law, Sterling & Virgil Meyer, Keith Mickelson.