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Surnames: ANDERSON, CEARLOCK, GAGE, HARMEYER, HASSEBROEK, KREIGER, LOWRY, MCGUIRE,
MCKINLEY, OSTROOT, PRICE, RIGDON, SYME, WATKINS
Classification: Biography
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Source: Clipping from unknown newspaper, ca. Feb. 1, 2002. Includes photograph with
caption "Grace Harmeyer".
Harmeyer to mark 90th birthday
Grace DeVerl (Cearlock) Harmeyer will celebrate her 90th birthday at a reception planned
for Saturday, February 2, from two to four o'clock in the afternoon at Marlow's
Cumberland Presbyterian Church.
Hosting the event are Grace's children and their spouses, Jane and Johnny Watkins of
Duncan, Carolyn and Don Hassebroek of Dallas, Margie and Ralph Rigdon of Duncan, June
Kreiger of Bray, and Lynn and Judy Harmeyer of Marlow.
Grace was born February 4, 1912, to William Alfred and Appie Lee (Price) Cearlock at the
family home, located four miles east and three-fourths mile south of Marlow. When she was
four, she moved with her family one mile farther east. Grace had seven siblings--brothers
Grady, Ray, Loyd Lee, and twins Carroll and Harold, and sisters Ruby and Joyce. All are
deceased except Grace.
She attended Clear Creek School through eighth grade, then transferred to Bray High
School. While there, she met J. D. Harmeyer, and the two were married on December 13,
1931, at Hope. Upon her marriage, Grace moved to the Harmeyer family farm and to the
house that J. D.'s father had built in 1914.
The couple continued to live with J. D.'s mother, Margie Elizabeth Harmeyer, until
her death on Dec. 24, 1978, at the age of 98. J. D. later died on Nov. 29, 1984.
Grace and J. D. reared five children, four girls and a boy, all of whom grew up on the
dairy farm owned and operated by their parents. All the Harmeyer children attended Bray
schools and graduated from BHS.
Besides her children, Grace has also been blessed with 12 grandchildren, 20
great-grandchildren, and a great-great-grandson.
Her grandchildren and their families include Jay Watkins and his wife Chris and their
four children; Joe Watkins and his wife Sharla and their two children; Jennifer Syme and
her husband Jim and their two children; Susan Ostroot and her husband Kent and their two
children; Kent Lowry and his child, and Kim Lowry and his child.
Others include Shelly McKinley and her husband J. D. and their child; Stacy McGuire and
husband Jeff and their two children; Mike Kreiger and his wife Sammie and their two
children; Kristi Anderson and her husband Tony and their two children; Kyle Harmeyer and
his wife Christy; and Heather Gage and her husband Jeremy and their child.
Grace is affectionately known in and around Marlow as "Mimi."
No formal invitations are being sent locally; however, all of Grace's friends and
neighbors are invited to attend the celebration. The presence of those who care will be
the best gift Grace could receive, and she requests that no other be proffered.