Elmer Silas Meyer

Elmer Silas Meyer, 95, passed away on Tues­day, Nov. 21, 2023, with his wife at his side at their home in the Town of Her­man.
Elmer was born on July 29, 1928, to Silas and Hed­wig (Brandt) Meyer in Hill­point. He was bap­tized as an in­fant on Au­gust 12, 1928, and was later con­firmed in his faith as a youth on May 10, 1942, both at St. Paull Lutheran Church in Hill­point. He grad­u­ated from Reeds­burg High School in 1946 and con­tin­ued his ed­u­ca­tion with the Farm Short Course in Madi­son.
Elmer was united in mar­riage to Ir­m­gard Twar­dokus on Sep­tem­ber 12, 1951, at Trin­ity Ev. Lutheran Church in Huils­burg. The cou­ple was blessed with 72 years of mar­riage.
Elmer’s faith was very im­por­tant to him. He was a long­time mem­ber of St. Matthew’s Ev. Lutheran Church in Iron Ridge and served as Chair­man of the Con­gre­ga­tion. He was an elder, served on the church coun­cil, school board, and was in­stru­men­tal in many of the build­ing pro­jects for the church and school prop­er­ties.
Early in life, he farmed with his par­ents in the Town of Wash­ing­ton in Sauk County. He owned and op­er­ated Meyer Con­struc­tion Com­pany of Hart­ford for over 50 years. He was in­volved in his com­mu­nity and was on the Town of Her­man Board as a Su­per­vi­sor, was a Dodge County Su­per­vi­sor, and was a long-time mem­ber and Pres­i­dent of Pom­mer­scher Verein Freis­tadt.
Elmer looked for­ward to fish­ing and snow­mo­bil­ing at his cabin in Price County and hunt­ing for trea­sures at rum­mage sales and auc­tions. Deer hunt­ing near Hill­point was also a fa­vorite pas­time for Elmer and his fam­ily. Elmer truly en­joyed being with peo­ple. He will al­ways be re­mem­bered for his big smile and sto­ry­telling.
Elmer is sur­vived by his wife, Ir­m­gard; chil­dren, Bon­nie (Leo) Bor­den, Irene Bakken, Dawn (Ran­dal) Cut­ter, Court­ney (Amy) Meyer; 16 grand­chil­dren; 25 great-grand­chil­dren; and sis­ter, Elaine Schulz. Elmer is fur­ther sur­vived by many other rel­a­tives and friends.
Elmer was pre­ceded in death by his par­ents; son-in-law, Richard Bakken; and three sis­ters, Viola Lueck, Mar­garet Jensen, Valera Koch, and their hus­bands.
Fu­neral Ser­vices for Elmer took place on Wednes­day, Nov. 29, at 1 p.m. at St. Matthew’s Ev. Lutheran Church in Iron Ridge with Rev. Larry Mose and Rev. Steve Neu­man of­fi­ci­at­ing. A vis­i­ta­tion was held at church on Wednes­day, Nov. 29, from 11 a.m. until the time of ser­vice at 1 p.m. In­ter­ment fol­lowed the ser­vice at St. Matthew’s Ceme­tery in Iron Ridge.
In lieu of flow­ers and plants the fam­ily is re­quest­ing memo­ri­als be di­rected to St. Matthew’s Ev. Lutheran Church Re­fur­bish­ing Fund.
Koepsell Fu­neral Home in Mayville is car­ing for the fam­ily.