Lester Leonard Meyer

Lester Leonard Meyer was born January 7, 1916 in Raymond, South Dakota, the son of Frank and Thekla (Peterson) Meyer. After graduating from Raymond High School, Lester served in the United States Army during WWII. On September 13, 1940, Lester was united in marriage to Blanche Goering in Sibley, Iowa. He worked as a tool and die worker at Berkleys for twenty-five years. Lester's favorite thing to do was fish. He enjoyed salmon fishing in Washington State, ocean fishing, trout fishing and fishing in the Iowa Great Lakes. Lester and Blanche also drove to Alaska so Lester could fish. Lester and Blanche enjoyed traveling wherever campers would take them. Sometimes, Lester would catch the fish and Blanche would can them in the camper while they were on vacation He has nine fish mounted that were about ten pounds each. He also had about a hundred fishing poles, one being of the original poles that Berkley's produced. Lester passed away February 22, 2010 at Hilltop Care Center in Spirit Lake, Iowa at ninety-four years of age. He is survived by his three nieces, Joyce Miller of Johnston, Iowa, Angela Leusink of Des Moines, Iowa and Melissa Goering of Independence, Missouri; one great-nephew, Ben Leusink and two great-nieces, Alyson Leusink and Gabriel Goering. He was preceded in death by his wife, Blanche; parents, Frank and Thekla Meyer and one bother, Marvin Meyer