Meyers, Deon R. (1942 - 2000)

MEYERS, EUGLEKE, BOWLING, TUGGLE, ZULANAS, BUSH, LANSCHWAGER

Posted By: County Coordinator (email)
Date: 5/10/2024 at 13:19:42

Deon R. Meyer, 57, of Cherokee, Iowa died Thursday, January 20, 2000, in St. Luke's Regional Medical Center, following a brief illness.

Services will be held Saturday at the Trinity Lutheran Church, Cherokee, Iowa. Burial will be in the Oak Hill Cemetery, Cherokee.

He was born December 17, 1942, in Odebolt, Iowa to Lloyd and Helen (Eugleke) Meyer. He attended school in Cherokee and graduated from Washington High School in 1961. He served in the U.S. Air Force for 4 years. On July 15, 1966, he married Donna Bowling in Cherokee, Iowa. He was currently a supervisor at Continental Deli and had been employed by Wilson Foods Inc., and Continental Deli since 1965. Deon enjoyed golfing and fishing.

Survivors include his wife; 2 sons, Michael, of Omaha, Nebraska; Jason, of Spencer, Iowa; 1 daughter, Stefanie Tuggle, of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; 3 sisters, Vicki Zulanas, and her husband, George of Bradenton, Florida; Gayla Bush, and her husband, Ron, of Quimby; Marlys Lanschwager, and her husband, John of Cherokee; his mother, Helen Meyer, of Cherokee, Iowa; 2 grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by his father.
(Source: Former Cherokee County Historical Society scrapbook hand dated 1-21-2000)