• General Notes

  Cause of Death:<CAUS> Arteriosclerosis
  REFN: 346
  Rosa & William's first child (William Puegner Meier) was born out of
  wedlock & only lived about a month.  According to custom in the Amana
  Society, couples who had children out of wedlock were forbidden to marry
  until they had made penance to the church, etc.  Apparently this was the
  case with Rosa and William, as they did not marry for a year after the
  birth of their first son.  They went on to have a daughter, Lydia Rosa &
  a son, Adolph Alfred (who died at the age of 2). 
  Rosa Meier's probate file contains her handwritten will, which was
  written in German.  A certified translated copy, signed by A.I. Solbrig, 
  is also included which reads as follows:
  "High, Iowa
  January 4, 1939
  Rosa Meier born Puegner.  Since a person does not know what may
  happen to him (or her) therefor, while I am still able, I will put my
  will in writing.  Everything that I have:  the furniture, my share of the
  house and garden, and what shares are left, shall belong to my daughter,
  Lydia Furlong.  She shall not sell the house as it has always been our
  home.  I hope that everything will be carried out properly and for the
  best.  Written the 4th day of January, 1939, at 2:00 p.m.
  Rosa Meier
  Witnesses:  Mrs. Ed Ehrmann
  Dr. C. Hermann"
  The family home was located in the Village of High, Lot 2 Block 2, which
  Rosa owned with her brother, Herman, and sister, Lydia, both of whom
  never married.
  Obituary in the Pioneer-Republican of Marengo, Iowa, May 6, 1943:
  "RITES TODAY FOR MRS. ROSA MEYER
  Amana:  Mrs. Rosa Puegner Meyer, 73, died Tuesday morning at her
  home in High Amana following a lingering illness.
  Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. Thursday at the community
  church at High, interment following in the cemetery at that place.
  Mrs. Meyer was born July 17, 1869, in Germany and emigrated to
  America when she was 12 years old coming to the Amana Society to make her
  home.  Her parents were William and Amanda Puegner.
  She was united in marriage to William Meyer and became the mother of
  three children, a daughter, Mrs. James Furlong of Marengo, and two sons
  who preceded their mother in death.
  Among those surviving in addition to her daughter are one brother,
  Herman Puegner of High; two sisters, Mrs. Mina Solbrig of Davenport and
  Miss Lydia Puegner of High, and three grandchildren, Mrs. Rosa Sanford of
  San Diego, Calif., Miss Lillian Furlong of Marengo and Mrs. Jane Noyes of
  Victor. Her husband and three brother, Gustav, William and Edmund, are
  deceased."

Details of Rosa Albine's family with William Meier