MYERS, Benjamin F. Jr. 1940-2011

MYERS, HARSHMAN, CULVER

Posted By: S. Bell
Date: 6/27/2011 at 16:14:41

[Waterloo Courier, Sunday, February 6, 2011]

CEDAR FALLS - Benjamin Fletcher Myers Jr., 71, of Interlochen, Mich., formerly of Cedar Falls, died Wednesday, Feb. 2, at St. Mary's Hospital in Grand Rapids. Mich.

He was born Jan. 22, 1940, in Toledo, Ohio, son of Benjamin F. and Mary Irene Harshman Myers Sr.

After high school he earned a bachelor's degree in education from University of Toledo, and a master's degree from Eastern Michigan University. Mr. Myers taught at Warren Woods Public Schools and University of Northern Iowa's Price Lab School in Cedar Falls. He moved to Traverse City, Mich. in 2000, where he was a member of St. Patrick Catholic Parish, the Fraternal Order of Eagles, and taught swimming at the Civic Center. He received the 50-year Red Cross award for teaching swimming.

Survived by: his wife, Tina; three children, Jeffery (Jasmine) of Chesapeake, Va., Susan (Michael) Culver of Fraser and Douglas Myers of Waterloo; seven grandchildren, Marc and Guille Myers, Michael Culver Jr., Alex Culver, and Dalton, Dayton and Halie Myers; and the mother of his children, Geraldine Myers of Perrysburg, Ohio.

Services: noon Tuesday at Reynolds-Jonkhoff Funeral Home, Traverse City. Public visitation from 2 to 8 p.m. Monday at the funeral home, with a 7 p.m. wake service.

Memorials: may be directed to Central Catholic High School, Memorial Fund, 2550 Cherry Street, Toledo, OH 43608

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