OBITUARY: Scott C. Meyer, Mitchell County, Iowa



[Mitchell County Press-News online, www.mcpress.com -- Oct. 24, 2001]



                             Scott C. Meyer

Funeral services will be held at 2 pm, Friday, October 26, 2001 at Our
Savior's Lutheran Church, Osage, for Scott Christopher Meyer, age 32, of
the Davis-Monthan Air Force Base in Tucson, AZ and formerly of Osage. Rev.
Dennis Hanson and Rev. Roy Ott will officiate. Interment will be in the
Osage Cemetery with military funeral honors conducted by the Offutt Air
Force Base Honor Guard. Visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m. on Thursday
evening at Champion-Bucheit Funeral Home, Osage and will continue one hour
before services at the church. Scott died Thursday, October 18, 2001 at
Saint Rose Dominican Hospital in Henderson, NV, due to injuries sustained
in a fall.

Scott was born January 1, 1969 in Osage. He attended school in Osage and
graduated from Osage High School in 1987. While in school, he enjoyed
football, helping his dad on the farm and spending time with friends.

In September 1987, he joined the United States Air Force. Technical Sergeant
Scott Meyer was a Flight Line Crew Chief assigned to the 354th Fighter
Squadron at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base in Tucson, AZ. Scott enjoyed his
Air Force work and all the friends he made. Through the A.F. he had seen
and visited 22 countries in the World. Overseas he had been stationed in
Turkey, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia and Japan. His decorations include the
following; A.F. Commendation Medal, A.F. Outstanding Unite Award (3 Devices),
A.F. Good Conduct Medal (3 Devices), National Defense Service Medal,
Southwest-Asia Service Medal (1 Device), A.F. Overseas Short Tour Ribbon
(1 Device), A.F. Overseas Long Tour Ribbon, A.F. Longevity Service Award
Ribbon (2 Devices), NCO Professional Military Education Graduate Ribbon,
Air Force Training Ribbon, Kuwait Liberation Medal.

Preceding him in death were his grandmothers, Ruth Onken and Clarice Hein.

Those that survive him include his parents, Gloria and Russell Hein of Little
Cedar; three sisters, DeAnna Meyer of San Antonio, TX, Amy Meyer and her
fiance Eric Foth of Waterloo, IA, and Mindy Whitmer and her husband, Dan of
Platte City, MO; one brother, Mike Hein and his wife, Ann of Valley, NE; two
grandfathers, Edwin Hein of Osage and James Onken and wife, Jean of Osage;
his fiancee, Trish Woolsey of Tucson, AZ; six nieces, several aunts and
cousins.



Copyright (c) 2001 by Kermit Kittleson; <kermit-k@juno.com>
(Note: I am not necessarily related to the subject of the obituary.)
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