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Charlotte Herman Meyer. Mrs. Ben F. Meyer passed away Friday morning, June 25th. She was preceded by her husband, Ben F. Meyer; daughter, Charlene Smith Shrum; brother, Carl Herman and sister, Anna McCollough. She is survived by her son, Thomas A. Meyer of New Orleans, Jane Zerby of Messilla and sister, Sister Carlanne; a sister of Lorreto residing at the mother house in Nerinx Kentucky; 14 grandchildren and 16 great-grandchildren. Born July 27th, 1906 in Las Vegas, New Mexico, she is a member of one of northern New Mexico's oldest families, Charlotte was the daughter of Marie Antoinette and Charles Herman and granddaughter of Charles Blanchard and Marguerite Des Marais Blanchard. She was also the great-granddaughter of Michael Des Marais who came from the Province of Quebec to New Mexico in the 1820's and became one of the founders of the city of Las Vegas in 1835, and Dona Deluvina Vigil y Montes de Des Marais, whose home still stands on the plaza of West Las Vegas where as a matriarch of a large family of descendants, Dona Deluvina was almost a legendary figure in the annals of San Miguel County. On October 7, 1925 Charlotte married Mr. Ben F. Meyer of Estancia Valley, also from a pioneer family of New Mexico. Charlotte and Ben lived in Las Vegas, Taos and Santa Fe before settling in Albuquerque where they raised there three children. Charlotte a devout communicant of the Roman Catholic faith, lived with complaint or judgment, only acceptance. Funeral arrangements are pending.
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