Myers, Charles 'Charlie' Eugene

Charles “Charlie” Eugene Myers, 85, of Cedar Rapids, formerly of Marengo, passed away Monday, April 30, 2012, at his home surrounded by his family. Memorial Service: 11 a.m. Saturday, May 5, First Presbyterian Church, Marengo, with the Rev. Gerald Rife officiating. Inurnment with Military Honors will be in the Marengo Cemetery, next to his first wife, parents and sisters. The family will receive friends from 5 to 8 p.m. Friday at Kloster Funeral Home, Marengo.

Memorials may be contributed to First Presbyterian Church, Marengo; St. James Methodist Church, Cedar Rapids; or Iowa Hospice, Cedar Rapids.

Charlie is survived by his wife, Eva; his five children, Charles “Chuck” H. Myers (Carla) of Hartford, Anthony “Tony” M.J. Myers (Nancy) of Green Bay, Wis., Michele “Mickie” F. Johnson (Jerry) of Houston, Texas, Andrea D. Young (Doug) of Mead, Colo., and Matthew E. Myers (Kelly) of Spokane, Wash.; 12 grandchildren, 13 great grandchildren; and two great-great grandchildren.

Also surviving are his mother-in-law, Edna Allman; sister-in-law, Carolyn Cooper (Lee); brother-in-law, Ed Allman (Doris); three stepchildren, Teri Svoboda (Dave), Stephanie French (Matt) and Wendy Schmitz (Roger); six stepgrandchildren; and two stepgreat-grandchildren.

Charlie was born Nov. 7, 1926, in the Myers' family home three miles south of Marengo. He was the only son of Howard Levi Myers and Helen Minnie Hunzelman Myers. His two older sisters, Ethel “Beth” E. Adreon and Arlene H. Feiereisen, passed before him.

Charlie graduated from Carson High School in Marengo and attended the University of Iowa in Iowa City. He served in the U.S. Air Force and was a staff sergeant crew chief on P-51 fighter aircraft at Nellis AFB in Las Vegas. Besides being a farmer, he had his own business as an electrical contractor. He was an avid bowler and was the first person to bowl a 700 series in official league play at Lucky Six Lanes in Marengo. He also enjoyed watching and feeding birds, roller skating, Bible study, card-playing and watching sports on television. Charlie was a member of the First Presbyterian Church, the Marengo American Legion Post 76, El Kahir Shrine and the P-3 retirees of Cedar Rapids.

He met his first wife and mother of his children, Evelyn Faye Turner Myers in Las Vegas when she was playing baseball with friends. They were married Sept. 1, 1950, in Las Vegas. In 1996, Evelyn passed away at the Myers' home. Charlie met his second wife, Eva Mae Allman Myers, through his daughter and they married on April 29, 2000, in Cedar Rapids. They resided on the farm for nine years until they moved to their present home in Cedar Rapids.

Charlie will be greatly missed by his family and all who knew him.

Published in The Gazette May 2, 2012.