San Joaquin County CA Obituary Project Obituaries.....Meyer, Jr., H. Lee July 18 2004
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The Record  July 21, 2004
Stockton
H. Leland Meyer, Jr. 
October 21, 1920 - July 18, 2004

H. Lee Meyer, 83, passed away peacefully in his home on Sunday, July 18, 2004 
from complications related to a stroke. Mr. 
Meyer taught for Stockton Unified School District 
for 34 years, primarily at Stagg High where he was a popular and beloved chem-
istry teacher and Chairman of the Science Depart1ment. He also taught 
mathematics and science courses at Stockton and Franklin High and at Stockton's 
adult edu-cation schools. Beyond the classroom, Mr. Meyer served as an advocate 
for students and school employees as a public activist and president of the 
Stockton Teacher's Association. After he retired from teaching, he was elected 
to Stockton Unified School District's Board of Education and served as a 
dedicated and hard-working member and president. Lee was born in Oakland and 
raised here by third generation Stocktonians. He graduated from St. Mary's High 
School and later earned a Bachelor's Degree in Chemistry at St. Mary's College 
in Moraga (1941). He earned his teaching credentials at the College of the 
Pacific in 1948. He was awarded several fellowships and pursued graduate 
studies at the University of Calif-ornia at Berkeley, and Stanford 
University where he worked under Linus Pauling. He earned his Master of Science 
Degree at Oregon State University. Lee served as an Air Force Intelligence 
Officer in the Pacific arena in World War II and was recalled to military 
service during the Korean War. Eventually, he retired from reserve duty as a 
Lieutenant Colonel. 
The son of the late Norma Arment Meyer and Herbert Leland Meyer, Sr., Lee Meyer 
is survived by his wife of 57 years, Catherine Ann Witherow Meyer; his sister, 
Miriam Scriven, and his six children, Catherine Meyer-Johnson, her husband 
Craig Johnson, and granddaughters, Abigail and Emily; Patrick Meyer; 
Christopher Meyer; Lois Meyer, her husband Robert Widerspan, grandchildren, 
Marjorie and Benjamin; Nancy Smith and granddaughters, Sarah and Melissa, all 
of Santa Cruz, CA; and Stephen Meyer, his wife Julie Fenton Meyer and 
grandsons, Andrew and Paul of Sand- point, Idaho. He is also survived by 
numerous nieces and nephews. 
A Rosary Service will be held on Wednesday, July 21, 2004 at 7:00 p.m. at 
DeYoung Memorial Chapel, 601 N. California Street, Stockton, CA. A Mass of 
Christian Burial will be celebrated at 10:00 a.m. 
on Thursday, July 22, 2004 at St. Bernadette's Catholic Church, 2455 Country 
Club Blvd., Stockton. Visitation: Wednesday, July 21, from 1:00 p.m. until 7:00 
p.m. Committal: San Joaquin Catholic Cemetery, Harding Way, Stockton. 
A memorial bench to honor Mr. Meyer's many years of teaching, help, and 
inspiration to students will be placed in front of his former chemistry 
classroom at Stagg High School. Contributions may be made to the H. Lee Meyer 
Memorial Fund, c/o Stockton Unified School District, 701 N. Madison Street, 
Stockton, CA 95202 or to St. Mary's Interfaith Dining Room, P.O. Box 133, 
Stockton, CA 95201-0133. 
 




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