Lawrence "Larry" Meyer

Lawrence Dale Meyer was born on July 23rd, 1938, in Jefferson County, Nebraska, oldest of five children to William and Hazel (Spahr) Meyer. He passed away on February 11th, 2019, in Parker, Arizona.

Funeral service will be 10:30 am Tuesday, February 19, 2019 at the United Methodist Church in Silver Creek. Visitation will be Tuesday morning 9:30 am until service time at the church. Military honors will be performed by Silver Creek American Legion Honor Guard.

Larry graduated from Fairbury High School in 1955 and served for ten years in the Nebraska National Guard. He married Roma Glee Sukovaty in 1959 in Helvey, Nebraska. He Graduated from Fairbury Junior College and Midland University, and earned a masters from UNL, and a Specialist Degree from UNK. Larry began teaching in 1957 in Alexandria and Cedar Bluffs, and in 1960 along with his wife Roma, began teaching at Silver Creek. In a span of forty years, he served as teacher, coach, principal and superintendent, retiring in 2000.

Larry served as Boy Scouts of America scoutmaster to the Silver Creek area for thirty-five years, was a member of the United Methodist Church, and served on the Litzenberg Hospital board. He enjoyed fishing, gardening, wood carving, square dancing, traveling, crop adjusting, and collecting "stuff."

He is survived by three sons: Kelly (Brenda) of Beatrice, Darin (Rhonda) of Columbus, and Bobby of Grand Island, six grandchildren: Megan, Natalie, Grant, Max, Sam and Jem, and four siblings: Jerry (Jacquie) Meyer, Delores Mosher, and Terry (Kerry) Meyer all of Fairbury, and Janice (DuWyne) Pfeifle of Hydro, Oklahoma.

He was preceded in death by his wife Roma, parents William and Hazel, and grandson Jack.