Memorial service for Larry Eugene Meyer, 65, Lawrence, will be 11 am Wednesday, August 19, 2015, at Rumsey-Yost Funeral Home. A visitation with family will take place one hour before the service.
He died Sunday, August 16, 2015, at his home.
Larry was born February 24, 1950, in Lawrence, KS, the son of Herman Eugene and Juanita Maxine Hartman Meyer. He graduated from Lawrence High School, in 1968.
He was a lifetime member of the Sheet Metal Union Local #2, and worked as a Sheet Metal Journeyman. During his career he worked for Huxtable and Associates, Rhodes Heating and Air, and Beach Heating and Air.
Larry was a car enthusiast, and traveled to many car shows around the area. He kept his 1973 Corvette close to his heart. If he could he would have kept all the cars he has ever owned.
He married Connie I. Gerant on October 17, 1975, at St. Matthew’s Catholic Church in Topeka, Kansas, she survives of the home.
Other survivors include his mother Juanita Hodges, Eudora; stepfather Donald Hodges, Lawrence; mother and father in law Kathleen and Robert Gerant, Topeka, KS; brothers Gary and wife Mary Meyer, Dennis and wife Shari Meyer, stepbrother Eric Hodges, all of Lawrence; brother in law Robert and wife Stephanie Gerant, Topeka, KS; sister in laws, Patty and husband Al Meyers, Topeka, KS, Mary Gerant and spouse Penny Steelman, Omaha, NE; nieces and nephews, Jennifer Meyer, Dustin Meyer, Aaron Meyer, Katie Gerant, Rose Cantrell, Joe Gerant, and Jackie Gerant; great nieces and nephews Steven Cantrell, Ancel Meyer, Arlo Meyer, Jocelyn Cantrell; aunts Laura Mae Mason, Colorado Springs, CO, Joyce Meyer, Shawnee, KS, Ona Hartman, Halls, MO, Joanne Powell, Lawrence, KS; and many cousins.
He is preceded in death by his father Herman.
Memorial contributions may be made to the American Cancer Society, sent in care of the funeral home.
