Janet O. Meyer

Janet O. Meyer age 92 of Coleridge, Nebraska and formerly Osmond, NE died on Tuesday, August 24, 2021 at Park View Haven Nursing Home in Coleridge. A public Graveside Service will be at 11:00 am on Friday, August 27, 2021 at the Immanuel Lutheran Cemetery in Osmond, Nebraska with Pastor Russ Lambert officiating. Arrangements are under the direction of the Wintz Funeral Home in Hartington, Nebraska. Pallbearers will be Jill Beck, Dave Eilerts, Linda Chapman, Jolene Bergland, Mike Eilerts, Bill Eilerts, and Lori Batenhorst. Janet Ona Meyer was born on July 7, 1929 in Coleridge, Nebraska to August J. & Clella A. (Olsen) Eilerts. She was baptized on October 13, 1929 in Coleridge and confirmed June 18, 1944 in Osmond. Janet graduated from Osmond High School in 1947 and married Vernon George Meyer on August 15, 1948 at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in West Point. After living there a short time, the couple moved back to Osmond until the early 1980s when they moved to Coleridge. Janet was a member of the Immanuel Lutheran Church and Ladies Aides in Osmond and Coleridge. Through the years, Janet worked at the Osmond Telephone Company as a night-time switchboard operator and in the Laundry Department at St. Joseph Hospital (now Osmond General Hospital). Janet loved children and babysat for many families throughout the years. In 1983, she and Vernie received the Good Neighbor Award from the Knights of Ak-Sar-Ben recognizing them for their unselfish and charitable deeds such as checking on the elderly needs, cleaning off snow, etc. Janet is survived by her sister Cleo (Norman) Hollander of Albuquerque, NM as well as many nieces and nephews. Janet was preceded in death by her husband Vernie, her parents, two brothers, August (Jr.) Eilerts and James (Jim) Eilerts; two sisters, Elizabeth (Sis) Nenn Herdt, Marlene Beck; brothers-in-law Roy Nenn and Roland Beck; and sister-in-law Dorothy Eilerts.