Mabel Meyer

May 20, 1923 - September 22, 2016

Mabel Meyer, age 93, of Bowling Green passed away Thursday, September 22, 2016 at the St. Luke’s Hospital West in Chesterfield. A Funeral Mass will be held 10:00 a.m., Monday, September 26, 2016 at the St. Clement Catholic Church with Fr. Bill Peckman officiating. Burial will be in the St. Clement Cemetery. Visitation will be held 9:00 a.m. until time of service, Monday at the St. Clement Catholic Church. Mabel was born May 20, 1923 in Clarksville, TN the daughter of Douglas and Nina Lee Chester Blankenship. On July 15, 1942 she married Robert Meyer. He preceded her in death on August 4, 1986. Survivors include a son Robert B. (Bobby) Meyer Jr. of Bowling Green. She was preceded in death by her husband and infant daughter Betty Jean Meyer. Mabel was a member of the St. Clement Catholic Church, worked for Sanderson Clothing Store and then worked 26 years as a social worker for the Division of Family Services, retiring March 1, 1991. Stock car racing was Bob, Mabel and Bobby’s family event. The announcers, racers and spectators recognized them each week and they earned the title the “Three Musketeers”. Overall, she spent her life loving and caring for Bobby. Memorials may be made to the St. Clement Catholic Church. Pallbearers will be Mark Morton, Mike Christensen, Don Nacke, Ernie Brown, Art Flynn and Bruce Scherder.