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IN LOVING MEMORY OF Phillip A. Meier
Phillip A.
Meier
August 13, 1918 – June 8, 2007
Phillip A. Meier's Obituary
Phillip A. "Phil" Meier, 88, died June 8, 2007, at the Good Samaritan Center, Hutchinson.
He was born Aug. 13, 1918, in Haven, the son of Louis E. and Albina K. O'Neal Meier. He graduated from Haven High School in 1937. A resident of Hutchinson since 1949, he had worked for Panhandle Eastern and was the owner and manager of Nelson Top and Body for 40 years, retiring in 1989.
He belonged to the First Congregational Church, life member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars Bob Campbell Post No. 1361, and the American Legion Lysle Rishel Post No. 68, and formerly the Loyal Order of the Moose No. 982. He served in the U.S. Army during World War II, last serving as a sergeant.
In 1945, he married Elsie Sanders. She died in 1997. On July 8, 1977, she married Daylene G. Tuxhorn Hendrickson in Hutchinson. She survives.
Other survivors include: two daughters, Karen Peters and husband, Ron, Kilgore, Texas, and Melanie Johnson and husband, Ed, Olathe; two stepdaughters, Paula Mayhill and husband, Tom, Wichita, and Patty Hendrickson, Hutchinson; sister Bertha Troyer; four grandchildren, Marc Johnson, Matt Johnson, Vicki Brend and husband, Gary, and Tim Hauschild; three step-grandchildren, Corey Mayhill, Michael Mayhill and wife Amy, and Christina Mainz and husband Marcus; two great-grandchildren, Fallen Mitchell and Michelle Russell; two great-great-grandchildren, Jason and Adrianna Zeltner; and eight step-great-grandchildren, Meric, Blaine, Creed and Gage Mainz, Rachael, Johnathan, Elizabeth and Emma Mayhill.
He was preceded in death by three sisters, Margaret Adkinson, Evelyn VanCampen and Martha Warren.
Funeral will be at 1 p.m. Monday, June 11, 2007, at the First Congregational Church, 3410 North Plum, Hutchinson, with Pastor Matt Stafford presiding. Visitation will be from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Sunday at Elliott Mortuary, Hutchinson, with the family present from 5 to 7 p.m. Burial will be in Laurel Cemetery, Haven, with military graveside rites conducted by the Fort Riley Honor Guard.
Memorials may be sent to the American Diabetes Association or the Good Samaritan Center, both in care of the funeral home.
Personal condolences may be sent to www.elliottmortuary.com.
He was born Aug. 13, 1918, in Haven, the son of Louis E. and Albina K. O'Neal Meier. He graduated from Haven High School in 1937. A resident of Hutchinson since 1949, he had worked for Panhandle Eastern and was the owner and manager of Nelson Top and Body for 40 years, retiring in 1989.
He belonged to the First Congregational Church, life member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars Bob Campbell Post No. 1361, and the American Legion Lysle Rishel Post No. 68, and formerly the Loyal Order of the Moose No. 982. He served in the U.S. Army during World War II, last serving as a sergeant.
In 1945, he married Elsie Sanders. She died in 1997. On July 8, 1977, she married Daylene G. Tuxhorn Hendrickson in Hutchinson. She survives.
Other survivors include: two daughters, Karen Peters and husband, Ron, Kilgore, Texas, and Melanie Johnson and husband, Ed, Olathe; two stepdaughters, Paula Mayhill and husband, Tom, Wichita, and Patty Hendrickson, Hutchinson; sister Bertha Troyer; four grandchildren, Marc Johnson, Matt Johnson, Vicki Brend and husband, Gary, and Tim Hauschild; three step-grandchildren, Corey Mayhill, Michael Mayhill and wife Amy, and Christina Mainz and husband Marcus; two great-grandchildren, Fallen Mitchell and Michelle Russell; two great-great-grandchildren, Jason and Adrianna Zeltner; and eight step-great-grandchildren, Meric, Blaine, Creed and Gage Mainz, Rachael, Johnathan, Elizabeth and Emma Mayhill.
He was preceded in death by three sisters, Margaret Adkinson, Evelyn VanCampen and Martha Warren.
Funeral will be at 1 p.m. Monday, June 11, 2007, at the First Congregational Church, 3410 North Plum, Hutchinson, with Pastor Matt Stafford presiding. Visitation will be from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Sunday at Elliott Mortuary, Hutchinson, with the family present from 5 to 7 p.m. Burial will be in Laurel Cemetery, Haven, with military graveside rites conducted by the Fort Riley Honor Guard.
Memorials may be sent to the American Diabetes Association or the Good Samaritan Center, both in care of the funeral home.
Personal condolences may be sent to www.elliottmortuary.com.
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