Richard Meints (1993)

MEINTS, FRY

Posted By: Treva Patterson (email)
Date: 10/10/2006 at 15:35:48

Winterset Madisonian
March 31, 1993

Richard Meints, St. Charles

Funeral services for Richard Allen Meints, 47, were held Tues., March 30 at Interstate 35 High School in Truro with the Rev. Ed Poston officiating. Mr. Meints died March 27, 1993 of a heart attack at the Iowa Methodist Medical Center in Des Moines. Burial was at St. Charles Cemetery.

Mr. Meints was born in Belmond, Ia. on June 6, 1945 to Herman and Lenora Meints. He married Carol Ann Fry in Emmetsburg on February 24, 1968. He taught mathematics and physics for nineteen years at Interstate 35 High School. He had previously taught at Madrid for six years. He was an honorary member of FFA and active in the St. Charles Parish Church. His students and friends remember him for his optimistic attitude and his humorous stories.

Surviving relatives include his parents and wife; one son, Jamey, a student at Iowa State University of Ames; two daughters, Nicky and Kristy, at home; two brothers, Harlan of Ute and Terry of Klemme; his mother-in-law, Darlene Fry of Emmetsburg; and a foreign exchange student, Claudia Urbano from Colombia, who is living with the family.

Because of his dedication to education, a scholarship fund for college-bound students is being established at Interstate 35 High School. Donations for the fund may be sent to the St. Charles branch of Farmers and Merchants Bank.