Series 2d: Bernice Meyers (1896-1946), sister of Thyra Jane Foster, 1904-1947

Bernice was the eldest child of Joseph and Mary Meyers and endured a sickly childhood and ill health throughout her life. She studied at Friends Boarding School (Barnesville, Ohio), the Westtown School, and graduated from Earlham College. As the unmarried daughter, she returned home to care for her ailing mother and then to keep house for her father and brothers after her mother's death in 1925. Charles Lionel Meyers left the farm in 1928 to take a job in Cleveland. He never married. The farm was sold in 1931, and Bernice tried various employments and careers. Her youngest brother, Ambrose, was married in 1939 to Hazel Williams. Bernice corresponded often with her sister, Thyra Jane. Jane's correspondence with Bernice is stored in Series 1, Henry and Thyra Jane Foster Papers.