The Herbert (I) and Marguerite (George) MYERS Family Line
Timeline of Herbert and Marguerite (GEORGE) MYERS and family
1894 Jun 28 - Marguerite George was born to CF and Maybelle (Duncan) GEORGE
1895 May? - Herbert Lewis MYERS I was born to Charles and Olive MYERS in Bellbrook, OH
1913 to 1917 - Marguerite George studied at Otterbein University, Westerville, OH from the fall of 1913 until the spring of 1917 when she graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree. According to the 1917 Sibyl (the school yearbook) she was a member of the Cleiorhetean Literary Society. Source: Stephen Grinch, Archivist, Otterbein University.
1917 Jun 7 - Herbert I enlisted in the US Army for WWI
Ohio Military Men, 1917-18 per Ancestry.com states that Herbert L. Myers was a 2nd Lieutenant in the regular army. 7 June 1917: At the age of 22 1/2, he enlisted at Fort Thomas, KY
He was born in Bellbrook, OH.
Private, first class 1 July 1917
Corporal, 3 Oct 1917
[Herb married Marguerite George on 4 Dec 1917]
Served with Battery D 81 Field Artillery until 30 June 1818.
Field Artillery Central Officers' Training School Cp Taylor, KY to Discharge
Honorable discharge 8 Oct 1918
Accepted commission as 2 Lieutenant Field Artillery 9 Oct 1918 from United States Army 70 Field Artillery
2 Field Artillery to Discharge Cp Knox, KY
Cp Taylor, KY
Honorable discharge 7 Apr 1919
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1917 Dec 4 - Marguerite married Herbert MYERS
1919 Mar 16 - Herbert Lewis MYERS II was born
1919 Apr 7 - Herb I was discharged from the US Army, WWI
1924 Feb 10 - Fred George MYERS was born
1927 Sep 9 - Mary Alice MYERS was born
1936 Feb 1 - David D. MYERS was born
1940-41 - Herb Jr. military service at General Motors Corp, Cincinnati Ohio, 1940-1941
1942 - Herb Jr., military service US Army, Procurement, Boston QM Depot
1944? - Herb Jr., military service US Army, Procurement, Ft. Worth, QM Depot, Texas
1946 - Herb Jr., military service US Army, Procurement, San Antonio, Captain, QM Depot, Texas 1946
1951 Aug 31 - Marguerite received her Master of Arts degree, with a major in American history, and a minor in European history at the summer commencement at Miami University, Oxford, OH
1963 Jun 20 - Marguerite died (heart attack?) in Oxford OH, 8 days short of her 69th birthday
1968 Mar 26 - Herbert Lewis Myers I died in Pensacola, FL (aged 73)
Herb was a 2nd LT in the 2nd Field Artillery, 8 Division, WWI vet
Second wife, Frances Lillian Myers of Pensacola FL was 45 at Herb's death and 87 (1923-2011) at her own death
1. Herbert Myers II b. 16 Mar 1919 Okeana, Butler Co, OH
d. 17 Jan 1995 Winchester VA (75) m. 24 Dec 1941, Columbus, OH to Vera Lorene St.Clair
b. 5 Jun 1915 Logan, OH
d. 1 Aug 2013 (98)
The Willows, Winchester, VA
lived in OH, TX, WV, VA
Both (Captain, US Army) Herb (Plot: O, 0, 295) and Vera are buried at Culpeper National Cemetery, Culpeper Co, VA
Vera's obituary, Omps Funeral Home Vera
Marilyn, Vera, Jim
on 29 Apr 2011
Herb L. Myers Jr and Vera St.Clair married 24 December, 1941 at the King Avenue Methodist Church in Columbus, OH. They had 4 children:
1. Herbert L. MYERS III (Cincinnati OH; electrical engineer) b 4 May 1943 m Kathy Ann FOX - had 2 daughters, Nancy MYERS (m 28 Apr 2007), Lisa MYERS
2. Marilyn (Richmond VA) b 14 Aug 1950 OH m -?- LEVY, Paul CARTER - had 2 children, Heath LEVY, Paula CARTER
3. Elizabeth "Libby" (Williamsburg VA) b 5 Dec 1951 OH m. Earl WARD - had 2 sons, Matthew WARD, Jason WARD
4. James "Jim" F. (Annapolis MD) b 9 Jun 1954 OH with Carol NIDA
Carol Nida found a paper written by Herb Myers II in 1990 with his military service:
General Motors Corp, Cincinnati Ohio, 1940-1941
Us Army, Procurement, Boston QM Depot 1942
US Army, Procurement, Ft. Worth, QM Depot, Texas
US Army, Procurement, San Antonio, Captain, QM Depot, Texas 1946
back, standing: Jim, Libby (Ward), Earl Ward, Paul Carter, Marilyn (Carter), Herb (III)
middle, standing: Matthew Ward, Jason Ward, Paula Carter, Heath Levy, Lisa Myers
front, sitting: Herb (II), Vera, Kathy, Nancy July 1985 more photos below
Family obituary: Vera Lorene St.Clair Myers passed away on Wednesday, August 1, 2013, at The Willows in Winchester, Virginia. She was 98 years old. Her children Marilyn, Libby and Jim were able to spend time with her on Tuesday the 30th of July, to say goodbye and tell her they loved her.
There will be a viewing at Omps Funeral Home in Winchester on August 6th. Burial will be at the National Cemetery in Culpepper Virginia on August 7th where she will be buried with her husband Herbert Lewis Myers Jr.
2. Fred George Myers b. 10 Feb 1924 OH d. 1 Feb 1985 TX (60) m. OH/IN? Roberta Hively
b. 9 Mar 1935
d.
lived in OH and TX
Fred and Roberta (Hively) Myers married, and had 2 daughters in Ohio,
1. Beverly L. Myers Araqsousi of Pasadena, TX (b 28 May 1957) married Emad M. ARAQSOUSI on 9/9/1979.
They had two sons: Feras (b Aug 1981) [no FB] and Khaled (b 1985).
1) Feras, an engineer, and Beverly, a tax accountant, live in Katy TX.
2) Khalid E., an accountant, and Desiree (Rodriguez) Araqsousi married March 10, 2007 in Harris Co TX, and are expecting their first baby (and Beverly's first grandchild) around the end of August, 2013.
2. Susan Myers Cooman, (FB) Director of United Way of Brazoria Co TX, (b 20 Apr 1961) married Tommy Cooman, Bechtel Engineering, in Houston, TX. (FB, LinkedIn)
They have a daughter: 1) Brittany Cooman Poff (FB)
Brittany was born November 8, (year?). She married Taylor Poff (FB) on October 12, 2018.
Roberta and Fred later divorced in Texas, and Roberta remarried. She is now Roberta Delius, [email protected]
In November 1984, Fred was diagnosed with cancer of the spine, and lived about 2 more months, dying 1 February, 1985, just days short of his 61st birthday.
FindAGrave shows Fred G Myers, b Feb 8, 1924 (rather than Feb 10, 1924) and buried in the Houston National Cemetery, plot I, 387.
3. Mary Alice Myers b. 9 Sep 1927 d. 2001 findagrave m. 1940s? Edward "Smitty" L. Smith
b. 1922
d.
lived in Tarantum, PA
buried at Bull Creek Cemetery, Culmerville, PA Allegheny Co PA
HS graduation 1945?
Mary Alice (Myers) and Edward Smith married and had 4 children. He was in the US Navy during WW2. They lived in Tarentum, PA.
1. Mark Edward Smith b 31 Dec 1953
2 and 3. (the twins did not survive)
4. Susan Smith b 16 Dec 1964
4. David D. Myers b. 1 Feb 1936 OH d. (living) m. Joy Harvey
b.
d. (living)
lived in OH and NY 1954
David and Joy (Harvey) Myers married and had 4 children:
(to enlarge)
Standing: Fred Battiste, Cindee Myers Battiste, Tony Myers, David Myers, Malcolm Laustrup Sr
Sitting: David, Joy, Malcolm Jr. (1st grandchild), and Cheryl Myers Laustrup, about 1982-86
1. Cheryl Myers Laustrup Bolduc
left: Cheryl Denise Myers's HS graduation photo (1973). Cheryl married Malcolm Laustrup Sr, with whom she had 3 children, all living in Hudson Falls NY in 2011:
Cheryl and Malcolm Sr had separated by the time he died 11 April 2011 (63) at Glens Falls (NY) Hospital of a stroke. His obituary and epitaph from the PostStar. Malcolm owned Wagar�s Ice Cream Parlor and Confections from 1978-2004.
Justine BATTISTE, born 1986, married Jacob LaFOND in January 2019. Jenna BATTISTE, born 1989, married David SIDNEY. Their son, Finn David SIDNEY was born in 2016. Benjamin BATTISTE, born in December 1992, married Morgan NEELEY in December 2016. They have a son, Sawyer Benjamin BATTISTE, born August 7, 2018.
Tony graduated from Siena College. Michelle (maiden name unknown) married Tony Myers. They live in Utica NY, and have 3 sons: Justin, 1989, FB; Nathan, 1993, FB; Evan, 1994, FB. Tony is president of Myers Management Group Inc, a real estate management business in Utica.