Yvonne Meyer

Yvonne Meyer, age 86, of Cottonwood, Minnesota passed away Tuesday, September 2, 2025 at Parkview Nursing Home in Belview, Minnesota.

A Memorial Service will be Tuesday, September 9, 2025 at 2:00 PM at the Cottonwood Community Center in Cottonwood, Minnesota. Interment will take place at Cottonwood City Cemetery.

Visitation will be held Tuesday from 12:00-2:00 PM, two hours prior to the service.

Yvonne Janet Meyer was born on June 22, 1939, on a farm near Clarkfield, Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota. Her parents were Paul E. Meyer and Freada (Westerbur) Meyer. She grew up on a farm one mile west of Cottonwood and graduated from Cottonwood High School in 1958.

After graduation, Yvonne moved to Sioux Falls, South Dakota and worked there. On November 18, 1960, she married Jerald Hellwig and they made their home in Sioux Falls where she also worked at Viking Glass Company. Yvonne later transferred thru Viking Glass Company to Dickinson, North Dakota and work there for 15 years. She eventually moved to Minneapolis to work for a different glass company until her retirement. Yvonne enjoyed working in Home Health Care during retirement and in 2010, she moved back home to Cottonwood to be near family. In 2023, Yvonne moved into Parkview Home in Belview, Minnesota where she received wonderful care from the great staff.

Yvonne’s faith, family and her love of God and His truths were very important to her.

She is survived by her siblings, Darwin (Nancy) Meyer of Cottonwood, Judy (Lowell) Toews of Ontario, Canada, Larry (Barbara) Meyer of Coon Rapids; sister-in-law, Elaine Meyer of Cottonwood; many nieces, nephews, great nieces and nephews and great, great nieces and nephews; other relatives and friends.

Yvonne is preceded in death by her parents, Paul “Bud” and Freada “Fannie” Meyer; siblings, Kenneth Meyer, Eugene (Janice) Meyer, Kay (Sam) Fragale; husband, Jerald Hellwig.