Bernard LeRoy Meurer (1903 - 1991)

Born 23 Jan 1903 in Exira, Audubon, Iowa, United States

Ancestors

Died 17 Dec 1991 at age 88 in DeLand, Volusia, Florida, United States

Biography

Son of Frank Anthony Meurer and Jennie Etta May.^[1]

1910 Census, Greeley, Audubon Co., Iowa 26-28 April SD 9 ED 22 Series T624, Roll 391 Page 154 line 64 dwelling 54 family 54 Meurer, Frank A. Head M W 38 M1 12 b. Illinois, parents b. Germany. General Farmer Meurer, Jennie E. Wife F W 33 m1 12 mother of 2, 2 now living b. Iowa, father b. Va., mother b. Ohio Meurer, Donald F. Son M W 9 single b. Iowa father b. Illinois, mother b. Iowa Meurer, Bernard L. Son M W 7 single b. Iowa father b. Illinois, mother b. Iowa ^[2]

Married Joy Rene Ridgley 2 Jun 1926 Des Moines, Polk, Iowa. ^[3]

1940 Census: Bernard L Meurer head age 37 b Iowa; Joy Meurer wife age 34 b Iowa; Sharon Kay Meurer daughter age 3 b Iowa. ^[4]

Dr Meurer obtained a patent in 1966 for a compartmental dispensing container for nose and throat preparations. ^[5]

State of Iowa, Insurance Division v Adair Benevolent Society, Iowa State Supreme Court, 22 Jul 1992

Dr B L Meurer of Adair, Iowa was a chiropractor. He founded the Adair Benevolent Society in 1941. Its headquarters were moved to Orange City, Florida, in 1963. The business was owned (in 1992) by Meurer's daughter-in-law who lived in Georgia. Meurer's grand-daughter-in-law managed the business. The Adair Benevolent Society functioned as a clearinghouse for disbursing assessments from members to beneficiaries of deceased members. The State of Iowa sued charging that the Adair Benevolent Society was not a licensed insurance agency under Iowa law.

At the administrative hearing, the Society alleged that chapter 512A was unconstitutional because it (1) was an ex post facto law, and (2) impaired the right to contract. On these bases the Society asked for alternative forms of relief: (1) allow the Society to continue in business as it had in the past, or (2) allow it to incorporate and become a licensed benevolent association.

The case reached the Iowa Supreme Court because of these constitutional issues.

The court ruled against the Society, showing that it had not incorporated under Iowa law and that the provisions were not ex post facto. Moreover the Society had had 21 years to bring itself into compliance and had not done so. ^[6]

Sources

1. ↑ "Iowa, County Births, 1880-1935," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XV6G-RKM : 11 March 2018), Bernard L. Meurer, 23 Jan 1903; citing Audubon, Iowa, United States; county district courts, Iowa; FHL microfilm 1,035,100.
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:ML19-WZ4 : accessed 3 July 2019), Jennie E Meurer in household of Frank A Meurer, Greeley, Audubon, Iowa, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 22, sheet 3B, family 54, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 391; FHL microfilm 1,374,404.
3. ↑ "Iowa Marriages, 1809-1992," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XVMM-59W : 10 February 2018), Jeanie E. May in entry for Bernard L. Meurer and Joy R. Ridgley, 02 Jun 1926; citing Des Moines, Polk, Iowa, reference 2:3KKTCDT; FHL microfilm 1,749,973.
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KMRR-DCK : 14 March 2018), Bernard L Meurer, Adair, Adair Township, Adair, Iowa, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 1-1, sheet 3A, line 29, family 62, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 1136.
5. ↑ https://patents.google.com/patent/ES2359244T3/en
6. ↑ https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/1348878/adair-benev-soc-v-state-ins-div/

• "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8Y5-NHQ : accessed 4 July 2019), Bernard L Menser in household of Frank A Menser, Greeley, Audubon, Iowa, United States; citing ED 23, sheet 3A, line 45, family 53, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 476; FHL microfilm 1,820,476.

"United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XMVG-CJZ : accessed 4 July 2019), Bernard L Menser, Oakland, Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 1, sheet 7A, line 22, family 189, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 678; FHL microfilm 2,340,413.

"Florida Death Index, 1877-1998," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VVHW-G3G : 25 December 2014), Bernard Leroy Meurer, 17 Dec 1991; from "Florida Death Index, 1877-1998," index, Ancestry (www.ancestry.com : 2004); citing vol. , certificate number 133894, Florida Department of Health, Office of Vital Records, Jacksonville.

Obituary, Orlando Sentinel, 19 Dec 1991

"Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVKV-RQJC : 13 December 2015), Bernard LeRoy Meurer, 1991; Burial, DeLand, Volusia, Florida, United States of America, Oakdale Cemetery; citing record ID 47138974, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/47138974