Posted on: MEYERS Obituaries Reply Here: http://genconnect.rootsweb.com/gc/surnames/m/e/MEYERS/obituaries/5 Surname: Meyers, Golding ------------------------- The New York Times Monday, November 4, 1957; page 29 Joseph Meyers, Book Publisher, Dies; Founder of Avon Publishing was 59 Joseph Meyers of 50 Sutton Place South, president and founder of Avon Publications, Inc., and allied publishing companies, died Saturday in Los Angeles after a short illness. He had been on a business trip. His age was 59. Mr. Meyers, who was born in New York, took a leave of absence in 1929 from his job as a mail clerk in the General Postoffice to begin publishing classics at popular prices. These included the leather-bound books called Illustrated Editions best-sellers that included W.H. Hudson's "Green Mansions" and "The Rubaiyat" of Omar Khayyam. In 1940 Mr. Meyers entered the soft-cover pocketbook field with Avon. His publicaiton in cluded reprints of works by W. Somerset Maughar, James T. Farrell, Emile Zola, William Saroyan, Aidous Huxley, Edna Ferber and Sinclair Lewis. He also published children's books, operated several bookshops and sold paintings. He published Cardinal Spellman's "Action This Day," an account of the prelate's World War II travels as Military Vicar of Roman Catholics in the Armed Forces, and contributed thereceipts to the Catholic Church. Mr. Meyers set up a the Avon Books Charitable Foundation, which contributed to Mount Sinai Hospital and many organizations. His club included the Lotos and Jewish Religion. Surviving are his widow, Bessie, and two daughters, Mrs. Hope Wayne Golding and Miss Susan Lee Meyers. NOTE - I am not related to Joseph, I just had his obit and thought I would pass it along.