GARNER - Richard "Dick" Meyer, 65, of Garner died Sunday (July 27, 2008) at Mercy Medical Center - North Iowa in Mason City.
Memorial services will be held 10:30 A.M., Thursday at St. Boniface Catholic Church in Garner with Fr. Brian Dellaert officiating. A flag presentation ceremony will be conducted by the Garner Veterans Ceremonial Unit. Graveside services will be held 3 P.M., Friday, Aug. 1st, at St. Joseph Catholic Cemetery in Clarissa, MN with Fr. David Maciej officiating.
Visitation will be held from 5 to 7 P.M., Wednesday at the Cataldo Funeral Chapel in Garner with a Scriptural wake service at 6:30 P.M. Visitation will continue one hour prior to services at the church.
Memorials may be directed to St. Boniface Catholic Church Renovation Fund.
Richard Willard Meyer, the son of Willard and Ruth (Gerischer) Meyer, was born March 24, 1943, at St. Paul, MN. He graduated from South St. Paul High School in 1961 and continued his education at the University of Minnesota where he received his bachelor of science degree. Dick served his country in the U.S. Army and was honorably discharged. On August 29, 1970, he married Bernadette Brever at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Clarissa, MN. They lived in St. Paul, MN, Newport, MN and in 1979 moved to Garner. Dick was employed by Armour and Con Agra as a microbiologist and later as a quality assurance manager at South St. Paul, MN, Britt and Mason City plants. Most recently, he was employed at Golden Oval Eggs in Thompson and Renville, MN as a quality assurance manager. He enjoyed fishing, bowling and spending time with his family.
He was a member of St. Boniface Catholic Church.
Dick is survived by his wife, Bernie, of Garner; two sons, Robert (Kristy) Meyer and their daughter, Elise, of Mound, MN, and Charles Meyer of Des Moines; and four brothers-in-law, Wally (Joyce) Brever of Long Prairie, MN, DeWayne (Jeanie) Brever of Alexandria, MN, Daryl (Karen) Brever of Browerville, MN and Duane Hanes of St. Joseph, MN.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Willard and Ruth Meyer; step-mother, Trudy Meyer; a sister, Joyce Billings; and a sister-in-law, Lois Hanes.
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