Dale Meyer 1949-2015
Dale A. Meyer, 65, Wetmore, died Monday, Aug. 24, 2015, at The University of Kansas Medical Center in Kansas City.
He was born Dec. 9, 1949, in Holton, the son of Albert H. and Josephine M. Spiker Meyer. He graduated from Wetmore High School in 1968 and attended Cloud County Community College.
Mr. Meyer served with the Army National Guard for six years. He worked at Hills Pet Food in Topeka and retired after more than 25 years. He later worked for Crosswinds Pet Food in Sabetha and Hiawatha and retired again after several years.
He was a member of Wetmore American Legion Post 282 and the Knights of Columbus in Wetmore.
He married Virginia M. “Ginger” Bloom on Oct. 12, 1974, in Wetmore. She survives.
Other survivors include two daughters, Christel Massey and husband Michael, Lyndon, and Mindy Sudbeck and husband Curtis, St. Benedict; three brothers, Gary Meyer and wife Patricia, Athens, Ohio, John Meyer and wife Sue, Shawnee, and Larry Meyer and wife Valerie Jennings-Meyer, Shawnee; and five grandchildren, Darian and Jalen Massey and Kanin, Adrian and Brynne Sudbeck. He was preceded in death by his parents and a sister, Mary Jane Durst.
Mass of Christian burial will be held at 10:30 a.m. Friday at St. James Catholic Church in Wetmore. Interment will follow in Wetmore Cemetery. A rosary will be recited at 6 p.m. Thursday at Mercer Funeral Home in Holton, with visitation to follow.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Axton Meyer Medical Expense Fund (Mr. Meyer’s great-nephew) or American Legion Post 282, sent in care of Mercer Funeral Home, P.O. Box 270, Holton, KS 66436.
