Melvin W. Meyer

Melvin W. Meyer 88 Melvin W. Meyer, 88 of Grand Island died Sunday October 25, 2016, at CHI Health St. Francis. Services will be 10:30 a.m. Thursday at Trinity Lutheran Church, 12th and Wheeler, in Grand Island. Reverend Jack Gillam and Reverend Adam Snoberger will officiate. Burial will be in the Grand Island Cemetery with military honors rendered by the U.S. Army and United Veterans Honor Guard. Visitation will be from 5-7 p.m. Wednesday at All Faiths Funeral Home. Melvin was born December 11, 1926, on a farm south of Palmer, NE, to Herman and Helen (Leuthaeuser) Meyer. He was married to JoAnn Sigman on October 1, 1954, at the Methodist Church in Grand Island. Survivors include his wife of 61 years, JoAnn; and five children, Jeri (Donald) Erickson of Grand Island, Tom (Carol) Meyer of Bettendorf, IA, Patti (Jim Calonico) Meyer of Oakland, CA, Brad (Marcella Torres) Meyer of Martinez, CA, and Staci (Matt) Matsui of Omaha. His grandchildren include the children of Jeri Erickson: Justin Schneiderheinz, Katie Kluthe (special friend John Pebeck), and Halie (Jared) Osburn and the children of Tom and Carol Meyer: Kendra Meyer, Amber Meyer, and Megan (Curtis) Newman. His great-grandchildren include: Karter and Karlee Kluthe, children of Katie; and Athena, recently born to Halie and her husband Jared. Melvin attended Worms Zion Lutheran parochial school and Palmer high school. He farmed with his father and then served in the Army from 1950-1952 in the Korean War. Upon return from the service he resumed farming and in 1954 he and JoAnn moved to a farm at St. Libory; he farmed and raised cattle for 32 years. He obtained his real estate license in 1973 and in 1982 he left the farm and moved to Grand Island to sell real estate full time. In 1976 he attended the Superior School of Auctioneering at Decatur, Illinois. Melvin was a long-time member of the Zion Lutheran Church at Worms and then, the Trinity Lutheran Church in Grand Island. He was a member of the V.F.W., the American Legion, the Saddle Club, the Platte-Deutsch, and the Liederkranz, and he was an admiral in the Nebraska Navy. He worked as a Dekalb dealer for 25 years and served on the St. Libory Elevator Board for 25 years. He served on the Howard Greeley Rural Public Power District for 28 years, and was elected president of the Nebraska Rural Electric Association in 1982 and 1983. Melvin enjoyed his family, farming, and auctioneering, and felt life was great. He was preceded in death by his parents, brother, Donald Meyer, and sister, Rosella Niemoth. Memorials are suggested to either Trinity Lutheran School or to the Lutheran Hour.

Melvin W. Meyer

December 11, 1926 - October 25, 2015

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December 11, 1926 - October 25, 2015

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