Grayson MEERSCHEIDT

1931 - 2008  (77 years)

• Name	Grayson MEERSCHEIDT
  Birth	21 Feb 1931	Las Cruces, Doña Ana, New Mexico, USA   [1, 2, 3]
  Gender	Male
  Residence	1 Apr 1935	Doña Ana County, New Mexico, USA   [3]
  	Precinct 5
  Census	19 Apr 1940	Doña Ana County, New Mexico, USA   [3]
  	Precinct 5
  Residence	21 Dec 1976	Las Cruces, Doña Ana, New Mexico, USA   [4]
  Residence	9 Mar 2008	Las Cruces, Doña Ana, New Mexico, USA   [1]
  Education	B.S., New Mexico A&M University, 1954
  Occupation	Business
  Occupation	Correctional Officer
  Occupation	Farm Manager
  Death	9 Mar 2008	Las Cruces, Doña Ana, New Mexico, USA   [5]
  Cremation	Yes, date unknown
  Person ID	I2661	Dyal and Speckels
  Last Modified	29 Sep 2021

  
  

  Father	Hilmar Frank MEERSCHEIDT,   b. 5 Dec 1894, San Antonio, Bexar, Texas, USA d. 21 Dec 1976, Las Cruces, Doña Ana, New Mexico, USA (Age 82 years)
  Mother	Esther Irene STUART,   b. 12 Jan 1896, Crawford, Dawes, Nebraska, USA d. 9 May 1985, Las Cruces, Doña Ana, New Mexico, USA (Age 89 years)
  Marriage	30 Jun 1920	Las Cruces, Doña Ana, New Mexico, USA   [6, 7, 8]
  	by the Rev. T. L. Lallance at St. Paul’s Methodist Episcopal Church
  Documents		Meerscheidt - Stuart wedding announcement The Rio Grande Republic, Las Cruces, New Mexico, Thursday, July 1, 1920, p. 4
  Family ID	F6833	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Patsy Jean PATTON,   b. 3 May 1934, Alamogordo, Otero, New Mexico, USA d. 12 Nov 2015, Las Cruces, Doña Ana, New Mexico, USA (Age 81 years)
  Marriage	3 Jun 1956	Las Cruces, Doña Ana, New Mexico, USA   [9, 10]
  	in St. Paul’s Methodist Church by Rev. Nelson Wurgler
  Children	+ 1. Living + 2. Living
  Family ID	F2098	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	19 Nov 2015

  
  

• Notes

  Grayson was raised on the family farm in Las Cruces, New Mexico where he attended school before he went with his brother Stuart to Utah State University, Logan, Utah. He enjoyed winter sports while there, but shattered his leg ice skating. He went back to Las Cruces and finished his degree in agriculture from New Mexico A&M in 1954. Grayson has worked in several professions, eventually starting an independent small domestic pump repair business. he then purchased a water conditioning company. Shortly after selling the water company, he went to work for the Federal Bureau of Prisons at the Federal Correctional Institution, La Tuna, Texas. The prison had a large herd of dairy cattle and a large farm. Grayson was assistant farm manager until the government closed the operation. He completed the remainder of his service as a correctional officer until his retirement in 1988. He was an avid Boy Scout and earned the rank of Eagle Scout. He enjoys hunting and camping with his family. He helped found the Las Cruces Jeep Club and was president for a time. Since retirement, he and Patsy live on the family farm where pecans are the main crop. [2]

  
  

• Sources

  [S82] Ancestry.com, U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014, (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2011), Social Security Administration; Washington D.C., USA; Social Security Death Index, Master File. [S835] ed., Ann Barnes, The von Rosenberg Family of Texas, (Nortex Press (Austin, 2001)), p. 208. [S1629] United States of America, Bureau of the Census, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, Doña Ana County, New Mexico, ED 7-13, p. 15B, line 44. [S1193] Wednesday, December 22, 1976, p. 3. [S1193] Thursday, March 13, 2008. [S1192] Thursday, July 1, 1920, p. 4. [S1193] Sunday, June 21, 1970, p. 9, “Golden Wedding Anniversary Reception Set by Hilmar Meerscheidts’ Children”. [S3882] Ancestry.com, New Mexico, Select County Marriage Records, 1905-1999, (Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2020), Doña Ana County, Vol. 6, p. 260. [S1193] Monday, June 4, 1956, p. 5, “Miss Patsy Jean Patton, Grayson Meerscheidt Wedding Is Solemnized In Methodist Church Here”. [S1193] Thursday, November 19, 2015.