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July 13, 2013
Services
Friends may visit with the family at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne, on Wednesday, July 17, 2013 from 2-4 & 7-9 PM. A graveside service will be held at 10:30 AM on Thursday, July 18, 2013 at Laurel Grove Memorial Park Cemetery, Totowa.
Charles O. Meyers, age 83 of Wayne, died on Saturday, July 13, 2013. Charles was truly a Wayne native; born at home on Church Lane in 1929 and he lived his entire life in the township. Charles had been a carpenter with the Carpenters & Millwrights Local 124 throughout his entire career, retiring in the late 1980’s.
High school didn’t excite Charles very much so he decided to join the Marine Corps. Forging his mother’s signature, he enlisted at just 17 years old. His mother was furious, but before either of them knew any better, he was off to Parris Island for basic training. The Marines was where Charles needed to be and he loved the Corps. He served in Europe and much of his time at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina. He was discharge just months before the start of the Korean War and remained active with the Lakeland Marine Corps League Detachment 744 in Pompton Lakes throughout his life. He gladly volunteered to collect stuffed animals at Giants Stadium for the Toys for Tots program, administered by the Marine Corps. He spent countless days in the freezing cold to collect those toys, and he loved every minute of it.
After his discharge from the Marine Corps, Charles returned to Wayne where his elementary school sweetheart, Barbara Hill, had been waiting. The two had met in the 6th grade and Charles wasted no time proposing. They were married at the United Methodist Church in Wayne on June 10, 1950 and enjoyed a honeymoon at a friend’s Ortley Beach bungalow. There began their love of the Jersey Shore. In the early 1980’s, they bought their own bungalow in Silver Beach where they spent many summers relaxing – and fishing. Many folks at the beach will recall Charles because he used to sit outside his house with his pet parrot on his shoulder. “Schultz” is the parrot’s name, and he would hang out with Charles for hours on end, sitting on his shoulder and occasionally pecking at his neck. Charles loved to go fishing. He would go deep sea fishing on the party boats out of Brielle and Point Pleasant, or fish for stripers right off of the beach. Nothing got him more excited than hooking a striped bass and reeling it in! He was very proud to go fishing with his grandsons and great-grandsons too, on the lake up in Ringwood.
While Charles sons were growing up in Wayne, he was very active with the Wayne Little League. He coached for years and even built the second baseball field at Dotterweich Field. In fact, at that time, many of the dads got together and cut down the trees, removed the stumps and simply did it all with their hands. Charles was right there helping, putting his construction skills to work.
Charles is survived by his wife of sixty three years; Barbara (nee Hill) of Wayne, his two sons; James of Wanaque, NJ and Ron of Ringwood, NJ, two grandsons; Cory of Portland, OR and Shawn of Ringwood, NJ, three great-grandsons; Avery, Aaron, and Aiden of Ringwood, NJ, and one brother; Walter Meyers of Naples, FL.
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Friends may visit with the family at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne, on Wednesday, July 17, 2013 from 2-4 & 7-9 PM. A graveside service will be held at 10:30 AM on Thursday, July 18, 2013 at Laurel Grove Memorial Park Cemetery, Totowa.
July 13, 2013
Services
Friends may visit with the family at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne, on Wednesday, July 17, 2013 from 2-4 & 7-9 PM. A graveside service will be held at 10:30 AM on Thursday, July 18, 2013 at Laurel Grove Memorial Park Cemetery, Totowa.
Charles O. Meyers, age 83 of Wayne, died on Saturday, July 13, 2013. Charles was truly a Wayne native; born at home on Church Lane in 1929 and he lived his entire life in the township. Charles had been a carpenter with the Carpenters & Millwrights Local 124 throughout his entire career, retiring in the late 1980’s.
High school didn’t excite Charles very much so he decided to join the Marine Corps. Forging his mother’s signature, he enlisted at just 17 years old. His mother was furious, but before either of them knew any better, he was off to Parris Island for basic training. The Marines was where Charles needed to be and he loved the Corps. He served in Europe and much of his time at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina. He was discharge just months before the start of the Korean War and remained active with the Lakeland Marine Corps League Detachment 744 in Pompton Lakes throughout his life. He gladly volunteered to collect stuffed animals at Giants Stadium for the Toys for Tots program, administered by the Marine Corps. He spent countless days in the freezing cold to collect those toys, and he loved every minute of it.
After his discharge from the Marine Corps, Charles returned to Wayne where his elementary school sweetheart, Barbara Hill, had been waiting. The two had met in the 6th grade and Charles wasted no time proposing. They were married at the United Methodist Church in Wayne on June 10, 1950 and enjoyed a honeymoon at a friend’s Ortley Beach bungalow. There began their love of the Jersey Shore. In the early 1980’s, they bought their own bungalow in Silver Beach where they spent many summers relaxing – and fishing. Many folks at the beach will recall Charles because he used to sit outside his house with his pet parrot on his shoulder. “Schultz” is the parrot’s name, and he would hang out with Charles for hours on end, sitting on his shoulder and occasionally pecking at his neck. Charles loved to go fishing. He would go deep sea fishing on the party boats out of Brielle and Point Pleasant, or fish for stripers right off of the beach. Nothing got him more excited than hooking a striped bass and reeling it in! He was very proud to go fishing with his grandsons and great-grandsons too, on the lake up in Ringwood.
While Charles sons were growing up in Wayne, he was very active with the Wayne Little League. He coached for years and even built the second baseball field at Dotterweich Field. In fact, at that time, many of the dads got together and cut down the trees, removed the stumps and simply did it all with their hands. Charles was right there helping, putting his construction skills to work.
Charles is survived by his wife of sixty three years; Barbara (nee Hill) of Wayne, his two sons; James of Wanaque, NJ and Ron of Ringwood, NJ, two grandsons; Cory of Portland, OR and Shawn of Ringwood, NJ, three great-grandsons; Avery, Aaron, and Aiden of Ringwood, NJ, and one brother; Walter Meyers of Naples, FL.
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