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June 23, 2018
Services
Friends may visit with the family at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home on Wednesday, June 27, 2018 from 4-7 PM. A funeral service will be held at 7 PM Wednesday at the funeral home.
John “Jack” Meyer, age 86 of Sussex and formerly of Wayne, died at home on Saturday, June 23, 2018. He had lived in Wayne for nearly forty years before retiring to Sussex.
Jack had worked primarily in the construction trades as owner of Meyer Brothers Construction, performing site work and paving services. Jack was always the ‘happy go lucky’ type who would have preferred to go fishing everyday if he could. Years ago, he went fishing with friends in the Thousand Islands region of New York, and throughout his life he would fish everywhere else he could. A devoted family man, he coached Wayne PAL baseball and basketball for many years while his children were in the program. He also enjoyed spending the summers in Bradley Beach at the Jersey Shore with his family. He loved his family dearly, especially his grandchildren.
Many years ago, Jack had an experience in the Appalachia region of Kentucky that left a profound impression on him. He witnessed abject poverty and entire families that were starving. This inspired him to work with charities that focused on feeding the hungry. As an active member of the Preakness Baptist Church in Wayne, he volunteered with the CROP walk and other related fundraisers. Jack also used his wonderful singing voice to record an album of gospel songs and he donated all the proceeds from his record sales to feeding the hungry. Jack’s son was able to upload those recordings to YouTube and played them for Jack from his phone. Jack was amazed to hear his recordings being played from his son’s phone!
Jack met his wife Gladys at Hawthorne High School. He had graduated before her, but they met during her senior year and quickly fell in love. They were married at the First Baptist Church in Paterson on March 8, 1958 and drove to Florida for their honeymoon. The settled in Oakland for a few years before moving to Wayne in 1962. They retired to Sussex in 2000 and have enjoyed sixty years of marriage together.
Jack is survived by his beloved wife Gladys (nee Stellingwerf) of Sussex, four children; John W. Jr. and his wife Nicole of Stockholm, Karen Dykenga and her husband Douglas of Vernon, Robert and his fiance, Marcela of Haledon, and Ronald and his wife Amy of Hopatcong, seven grandchildren; Kristen, Jack III, Nadine and her husband Justin, Doug, Ryan, Jerilyn, and Jenifer, one great-grandson; Brady Kelly, and by his brother; William and his wife Grace of Randolph. Jack was predeceased by his granddaughter Jessica, and by his sister Hazel Froio.
For those wishing to make a donation in Jack’s memory, please consider the Harvest House, located at the First Baptist Church in Sussex, and mail donations to; P.O. Box 374, Glenwood, NJ 07418. Harvest House currently serves 40-50 meals per day to those in need and your help would be greatly appreciated. www.harvesthousenj.org
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Friends may visit with the family at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home on Wednesday, June 27, 2018 from 4-7 PM. A funeral service will be held at 7 PM Wednesday at the funeral home.
June 23, 2018
Services
Friends may visit with the family at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home on Wednesday, June 27, 2018 from 4-7 PM. A funeral service will be held at 7 PM Wednesday at the funeral home.
John “Jack” Meyer, age 86 of Sussex and formerly of Wayne, died at home on Saturday, June 23, 2018. He had lived in Wayne for nearly forty years before retiring to Sussex.
Jack had worked primarily in the construction trades as owner of Meyer Brothers Construction, performing site work and paving services. Jack was always the ‘happy go lucky’ type who would have preferred to go fishing everyday if he could. Years ago, he went fishing with friends in the Thousand Islands region of New York, and throughout his life he would fish everywhere else he could. A devoted family man, he coached Wayne PAL baseball and basketball for many years while his children were in the program. He also enjoyed spending the summers in Bradley Beach at the Jersey Shore with his family. He loved his family dearly, especially his grandchildren.
Many years ago, Jack had an experience in the Appalachia region of Kentucky that left a profound impression on him. He witnessed abject poverty and entire families that were starving. This inspired him to work with charities that focused on feeding the hungry. As an active member of the Preakness Baptist Church in Wayne, he volunteered with the CROP walk and other related fundraisers. Jack also used his wonderful singing voice to record an album of gospel songs and he donated all the proceeds from his record sales to feeding the hungry. Jack’s son was able to upload those recordings to YouTube and played them for Jack from his phone. Jack was amazed to hear his recordings being played from his son’s phone!
Jack met his wife Gladys at Hawthorne High School. He had graduated before her, but they met during her senior year and quickly fell in love. They were married at the First Baptist Church in Paterson on March 8, 1958 and drove to Florida for their honeymoon. The settled in Oakland for a few years before moving to Wayne in 1962. They retired to Sussex in 2000 and have enjoyed sixty years of marriage together.
Jack is survived by his beloved wife Gladys (nee Stellingwerf) of Sussex, four children; John W. Jr. and his wife Nicole of Stockholm, Karen Dykenga and her husband Douglas of Vernon, Robert and his fiance, Marcela of Haledon, and Ronald and his wife Amy of Hopatcong, seven grandchildren; Kristen, Jack III, Nadine and her husband Justin, Doug, Ryan, Jerilyn, and Jenifer, one great-grandson; Brady Kelly, and by his brother; William and his wife Grace of Randolph. Jack was predeceased by his granddaughter Jessica, and by his sister Hazel Froio.
For those wishing to make a donation in Jack’s memory, please consider the Harvest House, located at the First Baptist Church in Sussex, and mail donations to; P.O. Box 374, Glenwood, NJ 07418. Harvest House currently serves 40-50 meals per day to those in need and your help would be greatly appreciated. www.harvesthousenj.org
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