Eugene F. Meyer Obituary - Visitation & Funeral Information

MEYER Eugene F. Eugene F. Meyer, of West Toledo, passed away on December 31, 2014, at Hospice of Northwest Ohio, Toledo. Eugene was born to Phillip Meyer and Christiana Koopmann on July 8, 1921, in The Bronx, New York. He graduated from DeWitt Clinton High School in 1939. He completed 25 combat missions as a Bombardier on a B-17 during World War II with his final mission being over Schweinfurt, Germany with 60 B-17 aircraft lost. He returned to active duty in 1952 and was a First Lieutenant in a Military Police outpost on the North-South Korean border. He joined the New York City Police Department in May of 1947 and was assigned to the 34th Precinct in Northern Manhattan. On October 19, 1954, he rescued several people trapped in an apartment house fire before collapsing himself from smoke and gas poisoning. For his bravery, he was promoted to Detective, and retired in May of 1967 as a Sergeant. He then spent 16 years pursuing violent felons who were in the U.S. illegally for the former Immigration and Naturalization Service. He was married to the former Vivian Dorothea Graham on May 8, 1944, and their loving union lasted over 63 years until her death on May 11, 2007. He was also predeceased by his daughter, Gene Vivian Meyer, for whom he provided care after a serious auto accident until her death on February 27, 2012. He is survived by his son, William Graham Meyer, his daughter-in-law, Valerie Jan Meyer, and four grandchildren, Meghan Kathleen (Michael) Kugel of Granger, IN; Patrick Graham Meyer of Steamboat Springs, CO; Kevin Eugene Meyer of Chicago, IL; and, Kathryn Marie Meyer of Los Angeles, CA. He is also survived by three great-grandchildren, Levi David Kugel, Mason Graham Kugel, and Emerson Margaret Kugel, all of Granger IN. Visitation will be held at the Ansberg-West Funeral Home, 3000 Sylvania Avenue, Toledo, OH 43613, from 3:00 p.m.-8:00 p.m. on Friday, January 9, 2015. A funeral service will be held at St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church, 2770 W. Central Avenue, Toledo, OH 43606 on Saturday, January 10, 2015 at 10:00 a.m. Interment will follow at Resurrection Cemetery. The family requests any memorials to St. Andrew’s Church or the Salvation Army. Online condolences may be sent to the family at www.ansberg-west.com

Eugene F. Meyer

July 8, 1921 - December 31, 2014