William Perry "Perry" Mayer
Marriages
Cora Bell Wise Mayer - 1886
near Columbus, Cherokee county, Kansas.
Burial Details
Obituaries
Eagle Valley Enterprise page 1 - February 16, 1934
DEATH CALLS WM. PERRY MAYER TO HIS LAST REWARD. Pioneer Rancher and Honored Citizen of County Passes Away in Denver--Large Concourse of People Attend Funeral Held in Eagle Monday.
Probably no death in the community has been more universally and keenly felt than that of William P. MAYER, which occurred in a Denver hospital last Saturday morning following an illness of several weeks in which he made a game fight for life. Mr. MAYER had submitted to a surgical operation about two weeks ago which was successful and from which he was apparently recovering satisfactorily, when a second operation was attempted from the effects of which Mr. MAYER never recovered, although he bore up bravely against death for several days.
Funeral services were held from the Methodist church in Eagle Monday afternoon, attended by a great congregation of people from all parts of the county, who regretted the pass of one of the county's most outstanding and highly respected citizens. Rev. T. B. McDIVITT delivered a masterly funeral discourse, and during the service a male quartet consisting of W. B. WOLVERTON, E. E. LEA, H. D. HUDSON, and J. D. ALLEN, sang two songs--"Rock of Ages: and "Wonderful Peace." Mrs. R. R. CRIE and Mrs. E. P. COLBURN also sang "In the Garden." Following the services at the church the Masonic lodge took charge and escorted the body to the cemetery where it was laid to rest with the solemn rites of the Masonic order. Burial was made in a plot of ground adjoining the cemetery, in the edge of one of the meadows of the Mayer ranch, where he had requested to be buried. During the Masonic service, the following article on the life of Mr. MAYER, prepared by Judge Hume S. WHITE, was read by E. J. BINDLEY:
"William Perry MAYER was born November 8, 1865, near the town of Spring Hill, Kan. From his early youth until the time of his death, February 10, 1934, at the Presbyterian hospital, Denver, Colo., he was engaged in farming, stockraising, dairying and ranching. At the age of 21, near Columbus, Cherokee county, Kansas, he married Miss Cora Bell WISE, his faithful helpmate and beloved wife. Early in the spring of 1901 this devoted family decided to go West to the mountains of Colorado. They arrived in Eagle, Eagle county, April 6, 1901, and settled on the John A. EWING ranch on Brush creek. For nearly 33 years as tenant and owner this property was developed into one of the most important ranching ventures in Eagle county.
Mr. MAYER took not only an active part in the agricultural life of his community, but also in its civic, political and Christian welfare. He was an active member of Castle Lodge No. 122 of A. F. & A. M., having been initiated January 14, 1909, passed June 28, 1911, and raised July 13, 1911; a director an vice-president of The First National Bank of Eagle County; President of the Eagle County Cattle Growers Association; and active member of the Western Slope Cattle Growers Association; an active member of the Eagle Chamber of Commerce; a county commissioner of Eagle county from 1926 to 1930, and a most active and helpful member of the Methodist Episcopal church of Eagle.
Two brothers have gone before--Frank MAYER and Charles MAYER. Surviving him are his widow, Mrs. Cora MAYER; his daughter, Mrs. Rena CHATFIELD; his three sons, LeRoy C. MAYER, Delta, Colo., Carl MAYER, Phoenix, Ariz., and Chester L. MAYER, Eagle, Colo.; two sisters, Mrs. Ida JOHNSON, Columbus, Kan., and Mrs. Effie GAUT, Eagle, Colo.; one brother, Fred MAYER, Rio Vista, Calif. Five grandchildren, Wayne CHATFIELD, Leota MAYER, Perry MAYER, Evelyn MAYER and Forrest MAYER.
It was the men of the type of William Perry MAYER that made this county and country what it is, and he will be greatly missed by the ones that are left to carry on to fulfillment the ambitions and hopes that were ever foremost in his vision of the future.
