Honolulu County HI Archives Obituaries.....Meyer, Charlotte Ericksen June 21, 1950
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Unknown Newspaper, June 1950
UNKNOWN NEWSPAPER, June 1950

MRS. MEYER DIES AT HOME; RITE FRIDAY

  Mrs. Charlotte Ericksen Meyer kamaaina widow of August William Meyer, 
founder of Meyer Drug Co., died at 3:10 p.m. Wednesday* at the residence, 1817 
Anapuni St.
  Mrs. Meyer had been ill for the past several months. She was 76.
  Services will be held at 4:30 p.m. Friday at Williams mortuary. Later her 
ashes will be scattered at sea. 
  The family requests no flowers be sent, but contributions may be made to the 
Hawaii Heart society.
  Born Oct. 21, 1873 in Dramman, Norway, Mrs. Meyer came to the islands in 
1881 with her parents, Capt. And Mrs. Han Ericksen after a trip around Cape 
Horn in her father’s sailing vessel.
  Mr. Meyer arrived here in 1894 to practice pharmacy. They were married in 
1900.
  Mrs. Meyer attended Punahou school at the old Fort St. location, received 
her nurse’s training at St. Luke’s hospital in San Francisco, and practiced 
her profession for several years following her return.
  Mrs. Meyer nursed “the boys in blue” who were en route to Manila in 1898 
when typhoid broke out here. She was active in Red Cross work during World War 
I.
  Surviving are two sons, Charles E. Meyer, assistant department head at 
Lewers & Cooke, Ltd., and August William Meyer, Jr., of the Meyer Drug Co.; a 
sister, Mrs. Volborg Ericksen Nelson; a brother, Han Ericksen of San 
Francisco, three grandsons and two granddaughters.
 


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*Note – Wednesday was June 21, 1950


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