Visitation will be 10 to 11 a.m. Monday, July 22, at the Sturm Funeral Home, Sleepy Eye.

Service will be held at 11 a.m. Monday at the Sturm Funeral Home, Sleepy Eye Chapel. The clergy will be Father Andy Michels. Interment will be in Home Cemetery in Sleepy Eye.

Reception will be held in the St. Mary’s Church Social Room following the interment.

Arrangements are with the Sturm Funeral Home in Sleepy Eye.

On line condolences may be left for the family at www.sturmfh.com.

Catherine Marie Meyer was born on February 26, 1934 in Sleepy Eye, the daughter of William and Frances (Riebel) Zuhlsdorf. Cathy spent her early years growing up in Sleepy Eye where she attended St. Mary’s Catholic Schools and delivered papers and worked at Pietrus Foods. She then met the love of her life, Donald Meyer, whom she later married on September 28, 1950. The couple moved to Kansas before returning to Windom and later St. James where they raised their two daughters. In 1973, they moved to Crookston where Cathy worked at the American Crystal Sugar Plant until she retired. They returned to Sleepy Eye where they enjoyed their retirement. Cathy enjoyed fishing, spending time at the local casino playing bingo, knitting and making quilts for her children, grandchildren and others.

She is survived by her daughters, Barbara (Scott) Beach of Apple Valley, Betty (Michael) Braun of Browerville, grandchildren, Jeri (Todd) Watkins of Wabasso, Nancy (Steve) Nichols of Champlin, Greg (Rebekah) Beach of Duluth, Tim (Kristin) Beach of Lakeville great grandchildren, Josey, Amanda, Andy, Amber, Kairi, Henry, Lukas, Lydia, Zach and Jameson, brother, Albert (Pauline) Zuhlsdorf and sister, Gladys Zarn. She was preceded in death by her parents, brothers, Leonard, Jerome, Donald, Bernard, Richard and Joseph and sisters, Marge Mishler, Evelyn Eckstein, Delores Eckstein, Eleanor Strong and Bernice Marsh.

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