Ethel Meyer

1908 - 2001  (92 years)

• Name	Ethel Meyer
  Birth	28 Aug 1908	Cleveland, OH
  Gender	Female
  Census	13 Apr 1940	El Paso, El Paso, TX ; age 31, born LA, C4 ed, living in same house in 1935
  Census	3 Apr 1950	El Paso, El Paso, TX ; age 41, born OH
  Death	23 May 2001	El Paso, El Paso, TX
  Burial		Saint Clement Church Cremation Garden, El Paso, TX
  Person ID	I1046	Family Tree | 12 Generation Ancestor Chart
  Last Modified	9 Oct 2022

  
  

  Father	Gustav Meyer
  Mother	Cecilia
  Family ID	F1643	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Jonathan David Schwartz,   b. 22 Jul 1908, Louisiana d. 9 Aug 1994, El Paso, El Paso, TX (Age 86 years)
  Marriage	5 Mar 1932
  Children	1. Living + 2. Cecily Helen Schwartz,   b. 31 Dec 1936, El Paso, El Paso, TX d. 14 Oct 1996, El Paso, El Paso, TX (Age 59 years)   3. Living
  Family ID	F204	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	9 Oct 2022

  
  

• Notes

  Ethel M. Schwartz, 92, passed away on May 23 after a lengthy illness. She was born on Aug. 28, 1908, to Gustav and Cecilia Meyer in Cleveland, Ohio. She attended Hillsdale College in Hillsdale, Mich., and graduated with a bachelor of science degree in economics from Purdue University in 1930. She was a member of Pi Beta Phi sorority. While attending Purdue, she met Jonathan “Jonny” David Schwartz, who was there on a football scholarship. Following graduation, Ethel and Jonny were married on March 5, 1932, and moved to El Paso where he was employed by Air Reduction Company. Neither Ethel nor Jonny had been to the Southwest before, but they immediately liked it and decided to stay and raise their children. She became president of the Junior League of El Paso in 1945-1946 and for 60 years was a member of the Tuesday Book Club, which remains active today. She made many contributions to the welfare of the community and actively supported the El Paso Symphony Orchestra Association, was a board member of the Women’s Department of the El Paso Chamber of Commerce, the El Paso Historical Society, the El Paso Museum of Art, St. Clement’s Episcopal School and the University of Texas at El Paso. She and her husband were members of St. Clement’s Episcopal Church for more than 65 years. Jonny was chief executive officer of the S.E.C. Corporation, an El Paso based industrial gas and chemical manufacturer and distributor, which merged with UGI Corporation of Valley Forge, Penn., in 1978. Ethel is survived by her sister Marjorie M. Hughey, her daughter Sandra S. Hoover and son-in-law Robert T. Hoover Jr and her son Jonathan D. Schwartz Jr and daughter-in-law Josephine “Jody” P. Schwartz. Grandchildren who survive her are Max R. Prestridge III, Sharon P. Thompson and her husband J.D. Thompson, Sandra P. McKinney and her husband Scot W. McKinney, Laura S. Smith and her husband W. Robert Smith, Jonathan D. Schwartz III and his wife Tracy R. Schwartz, James P. Schwartz and his wife Joy R. Schwartz and seven great-grandchildren. Her husband preceded her in death on Aug. 9, 1994 as did her daughter Cecily Schwartz Prestridge on Oct. 14, 1996. In lieu of flowers contributions may be mad e to St. Clement’s Pro-Cathedral, 810 N. Campbell, El Paso, Texas 79902 and Hospice of VNA-Circle of Hope, P.O. Box 3628, El Paso, TX 79923. Funeral services were May 26 at St. Clement’s Episcopal Church.