Anna Elizabetha Meyjes

Anna Elizabetha Meyjes

• Father: Johannes F. Meyjes
• Mother: Jeanette Vruinier

• Anna Elizabetha Meyjes was born on 9 June 1884 in Zweibrucken, Germany.
• She married Carl Herman Lips, son of Herman Lips, circa 1913.
• The following appeared on 6 August 1937 in The Herald Statesman: Mrs. Carl H. Lips of 24 Madeleine Parkway, is spending the weekend with her son, Hermann J. Lips, formerly of Yonkers, at his home in Providence, R. I.
• Carl Herman Lips became a widower at her death.
• Anna Elizabetha Meyjes died on 15 March 1963 at age 78 in Peekskill, Westchester County, New York.
• She was interred at Ballard-Barrett Cemetery, Mahopac Falls, Putnam County, New York.
• The following appeared on 21 March 1963 in The Putnam County Courier: Mrs. Anna Elizabeth Lips, wife of Carl H. Lips of Secor road, Mahopac, died Friday, March 15, 1963 in the Peekskill hospital where she had been a patient four days. Her age was 78.
       The deceased was born in Zweibrucken, Germany, June 9, 1884, a daughter of Johannes F. and Jeanette Vruinier Meyjes. She attended high school in Germany and was graduated from Teachers College, Columbia university in New York majoring in three languages.
       She had resided in the Mahopac area for 16 years and was a member of the First Presbyterian church of Mahopac Falls, the Lake Mahopac Garden Club and the Luther Burbank Garden club of Yonkers.
       Surviving are her husband and three children, two sons, Hermann of Ossining and Heinz A., of Wilmington, Del. and one daughter, Mrs. Marie Sykes of Oswego. She also leaves a sister, Miss Marie Meyjes of Newark, Del. and a brother, Heinrich Meyjes of Calverston, L.I. and 15 grandchildren.
       Funeral services in charge of the Cargain Funeral Home in Carmel were held Monday afternoon at two o'clock in the First Presbyterian church at Mahopac Falls and were conducted by the pastor, the Rev. Charles Schaum. Interment was made in the Ballard-Barrett cemetery at Mahopac Falls.

• Last Edited: 8 Jul 2011