Ceia M Billmeyer
Dateline: Menomonie
On Monday, June 1, 2009 in Menomonie, WI, Ceil M. Billmeyer’s life on earth was peacefully completed and she was welcomed into the open arms of her loving Savior with her daughter and special, loving friends, Mary Schafer and Sylvia Racine at her side at Country Terrace in Menomonie
Ceil, age 97, was born in Wisconsin Rapids to Stanley and Mary (Weber) Jagodzinske, July 17, 1911. At age five, the family moved to Stevens Point, where she attended schools including Stevens Point Business College. Ceil was Deputy Register of Deeds for Portage County before her marriage to Paul Billmeyer on July 31, 1934. Returning to Wisconsin Rapids, she was a member of many organizations including Catholic Daughters of America, Christian Women’s Club where she served as President at St. Peter and Paul Catholic Church. Ceil Organized Square Dancing Clubs, taught Rosemaling at Mid State and at the Technical School in Wausau. She was also an interior decorator at Johnson Hill’s Department Store retiring in 1990. Her husband Paul passed away in 1970. In 1990, she married Victor Billmeyer who passed away in 2000. Ceil was a member of St. Joseph’s Catholic Church.
Ceil is survived by her son, Leon (Nancy) Billmeyer of Appleton, her daughter, Arlene Billmeyer of Menomonie, two grandsons, Jay Billmeyer of Neenah and Tod Billmeyer of Kimberly and three great grandsons, Paul Billmeyer of Neenah, Tyler Billmeyer of Nekoosa, and Jason Westover of Wisconsin Rapids, many nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends.
She is preceded in death by her parents, her husbands, Paul and Victor, four sisters, Agnes Yaeger, Florence Yaeger, Marie Rowe and Helen Hanson and one brother Leonard Jinske.