MEYER, John A. 1918-2003

MEYER, BIERMAN, KANNEGIETER, GRIESSEL, CAMP, CLAASSEN, HARTMAN, MEYER

Posted By: Jeffrey R. Phillips (email)
Date: 1/21/2005 at 19:51:05

John A. Meyer
By: 08/13/2003

November 22, 1918-Saturday, August 9, 2003

APLINGTON - John A. Meyer, 84, of Aplington, formerly of Parkersburg, died Saturday, Aug. 9, 2003, at the Maple Manor Village in Aplington from complication of metastatic cancer of the liver. Funeral Services were Tuesday, Aug. 12, at Hope Reformed Church, Parkersburg with Rev. Neal Ooms officiating. Interment was in Oak Hill Cemetery, Parkersburg. The family requests memorials may be directed to the Cedar Valley Hospice or to KNWS Christian radio.

John was born the son of Albert R. and Marie (Bierman) Meyer Nov. 22, 1918, in rural Aplington He received his education and graduated from the Aplington High School in 1936.

John was united in marriage to Frances Pearl Kannegieter on Dec. 18, 1942, at her parents' home near Wellsburg. They began farming near Bristow and in 1949 moved to the home farm near Aplington. Following their retirement, they moved to Parkersburg in 1982. John became a resident of Maple Manor Village in August of 2000, after Frances passed away. He was a faithful member through the years of the Bristow Reformed Church, First Reformed Church of Aplington and Hope Reformed Church of Parkersburg where he served at various times on the Consistery, as a Sunday school teacher and superintendent, choir member, and served on the Mission Board. He active in the community where he participated on the FS Board, Aplington School Board Advisory Council, Kesley Creamery Board, community music group and the Bicentennial committee. In his spare time he enjoyed music, his work and reading his Bible.

Survivors include two sons, Ronald and wife Janis of Batesville, Ark., and David and wife Diane of Aplington; four daughters, Jeannette and husband Richard Griessel of Crawfordsville, Jeanne and husband John Camp of Kenai, Ark., Mary and husband Eric Dietrich of Aplington, Nancy and husband John Claassen of Iowa City; 16 grandchildren; 14 great-grandchildren; one sister, Lois and husband Harley Hartman of Parkersburg; and one sister-in-law, Clarice Meyer of Erie, Ill. He was preceded in death by his wife; a grandson; his parents; three sisters; and two brothers.

Redman-Schwartz Funeral Chapel of Aplington was in charge of arrangements.