Floyd T. MEIER

MEIER, WAGNER, WANKEN, GONNER, WRIGHT

Posted By: Sarah Thorson Little (email)
Date: 12/10/2010 at 20:02:55

November 11, 1925 -- December 8, 2010

BELLEVUE, Iowa -- Floyd T. Meier, 85, of Bellevue, died Wednesday, Dec. 8, 2010, at Mercy Medical Center-Dubuque. A Mass of Christian burial will be at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 11, at St. Joseph's Catholic Church, Bellevue. Burial will be in the parish cemetery, where military rites will be accorded by the American Legion Post 273. Friends may call from 3 to 7 p.m. today and after 9 a.m. Saturday at Hachmann Funeral Home & Cremation Service, Bellevue.

He was born on Nov. 11, 1925, in Bellevue, son of George and Katherine (Wagner) Meier. He married Mary Wanken on Sept. 22, 1952, in Sacred Heart Catholic Church, Eagle Grove. Floyd served in the Army from 1945 to 1946. He was employed by the Savanna Army Depot for over 37 years, retiring in 1981. Floyd enjoyed fishing, hunting and gardening. He had a great sense of humor and loved to spend time with his grandchildren and great-grandchildren.

Surviving are his wife, Mary, of Bellevue; four children, David (Belita) and Donald "Moonie" (Mary Jo), both of Bellevue, Tim (Kristine), of Shellsburg, and Tina (Duane) Gonner, of Dubuque; 11 grandchildren; four great-grandchildren; and a brother, Clifford (Dorothy) Meier, of Bellevue. He was preceded in death by his parents; a great-grandchild, Layna Marie Meier; a brother, Merlin; and a sister, Algean Wright. The family wishes to thank the Bellevue Ambulance Service, and nurses and staff at Mercy Medical Center Emergency Room and Intensive Care Unit for there care and compassion shown to Floyd.

Telegraph Herald, Dubuque, Iowa
10 December 2010