OBITUARY: James Arthur Myers 1931-2002, Mitchell County, Iowa


                            James Arthur Myers

[Mitchell County Press-News, online, www.mcpress.com, Posted Nov. 6, 2002]
                      
Graveside services with full military honors were held on Saturday, Oct.
26, 2002, at Highland Cemetery in Iola, KS, for James Arthur Myers, 71
of Belleview, FL He died Wednesday, Oct. 9 at Summerfield, FL. His body
was cremated.

James was born July 9, 1931 in Osage, IA to Doan and Ruth Parker Myers. He
grew up in Osage and graduated from Osage High School.

Myers served in the U.S. Navy during the Korean War for four years.

On April 12, 1955 he married Geri Arndt of Osage. He was graduated from the
University of Iowa in 1960 with a degree in marketing and business
administration, then worked as a salesman and later as an independent
truck driver before his retirement. 

The couple moved to Iola, KS in 1973 from Watertown, CN. They retired to
Florida in 1995.

Myers was a member of the Iola American Legion and Veterans of Foreign Wars
in Belleview.

Survivors include his wife, a son Jim of Iola, a daughter Jackie Thompson,
of Iola, seven grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.

Waugh-Yokum & Friskel Memorial Chapel had charge of arrangements.





Copyright (c) 2002 by Kermit Kittleson
(Note: I am not necessarily related to the subject of the obituary.)
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