A memorial service will be held on October 20th, 2021 at Covenant Presbyterian Church in Gresham for Georgiana Carol Meyer. Carol was born on March 30, 1939, to Kenneth (Connie) LeRoy Meyer and Virginia Maxine (Carroll) Meyer, She was born during a raging snowstorm in her Great Grandfather-s farmhouse in Nelson, Nebraska. Die to the storm, there were no lights so her father held a lantern so the doctor cold deliver her. She died on October 11th, 2021.
The family moved to Corbett, OR in 1940, where her father found work. Carol attended all 12 years in the Corbett School system and graduated from Corbett High School in 1957. During grade school she picked strawberries for a neighbor.
While in high school and summer vacations, she worked at Vista House at Crown Point. She started at the concession counter and later moved to the camera department. She was able to meet people from all over the world who were traveling the Columbia River Gorge.
In the fall of 1957, Carol entered Providence Hospital School of Nursing and graduated in 1960. Following graduation, she was hired at Providence Hospital (on Glisan St) and spent the next 39 years of her career there. She was Head Nurse of Neurology/Neurosurgery for 22 years and then spent 17 years in the Quality Management Department. She has to medically retire in 1999.
On May 2, 1969, she married Robert Carol Adams, SR. in Corbett, OR. They later divorced. Carol remained in Corbett raising her children Robert (Bobby) Adams Jr. and her daughter Beth Georgiana Adams.
Carol returned to school and graduated with a BA from Linfield College in 1977.
In Portland, OR. On April 18, 1997, Carol married Herman Dale Meyer, originally from Clay Center Nebraska. Their families lived 20 miles from each other in Nebraska but had never met. Thus, Carol became Georgianna Carol Meyer Adams Meyer!!! Dale preceded her in death on November 20, 2008. She and Dale met at Providence Medical Center where he was a volunteer and she a nurse. They both were members of Covenant Presbyterian Church.
Carol was totally devoted to her family. Granddaughter, Alexander, was the “light of her life”. Carol took great pleasure in being in attendance and assisting with her birth and in seeing her grow up into a beautiful young woman with as successful career as a massage therapist. Carol enjoyed reading, gardening, doing crossword puzzles, traveling and church activities. She served as an Elder at Covenant.
She is survived by her Son Robert Adams, and his wife Jodi of Gresham, OR. Daughter Beth Adams and Grand Daughter Alexandra Adams of Astoria, Or,. Cousins; Larry Carroll & Terri Ward of Loveland, Colorado, and Shirley and Ron Cannon of Corbett, OR.
Fond memories and expressions of sympathy may be shared at www.batemancarrollfunerals.com for the Meyer family.
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