Vera Harriet Martin

Vera Harriet Martin

• Father: August Erwin Martin b. 2 November 1882, d. 23 June 1934
• Mother: Elsa Elizabeth Meyer b. circa November 1879, d. 28 December 1949

• Vera Harriet Martin was born on 25 August 1911 in St. Louis County, Missouri.
• August Erwin Martin and Elsa Elizabeth Meyer appeared in the US federal census of 1 January 1920 in Glendale, St. Louis County, Missouri. Other members of the household included Vera Harriet Martin, Irma Bertha Martin, Elsa Augusta Martin and Anna Eisler.
• August Erwin Martin and Elsa Elizabeth Meyer appeared in the US federal census of 1 April 1930 in Carondelet Township, St. Louis County, Missouri, at 910 Big Bend. Other members of the household included Vera Harriet Martin, Irma Bertha Martin, Elsa Augusta Martin, Frank Winstead Martin and Anna Eisler. Frank is identified as an adopted son.
• She and Edward Louis Moeller obtained a marriage license circa 4 June 1931 in St. Louis County, Missouri, with consent for the marriage of a minor given by Vera's father August Martin.
• Edward Louis Moeller and Vera Harriet Martin appeared in the US federal census of 1 April 1940 in Gravois Township, St. Louis County, Missouri, at 824 Sappington Road enumerated next to the household of Vera's sister Elsa Gilder. Other members of the household included Thomas Edward Moeller.
• Vera Harriet Martin became a widow at the 9 May 1981 death of her husband Edward Louis Moeller.
• Vera Harriet Martin died on 20 June 1992 at age 80 in St. Louis County, Missouri.
• She was interred at Oak Hill Cemetery, Kirkwood, St. Louis County, Missouri.
• The following appeared on 22 June 1992 in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch: [Died] Vera H. Moeller (nee Martin), Sat., June 20, 1992, dear wife of the late Edward L. Moeller, dear mother of Ronald, Thomas and Richard Moeller and Carol Taylor, dear sister of Elsa Gilder, dear grandmother of eleven, great-grandmother of two, mother-in-law and aunt.
       Memorial service Wed., 5 p.m. at The First Presbyterian Church of Kirkwood, Kirkwood Rd. and Adams Ave. Interment private. In lieu of flowers, memorial may be made to a charity of ones choice. Arrangements by Bopp Chapel.
• A single grave marker identifies the graves of Vera Harriet Martin and Edward Louis Moeller.

• Last Edited: 21 Jul 2015