Obit of Meyer, Donald Porter - Canadian County, Oklahoma Submitted by: Gene Phillips 17 Feb 2008 Return to Canadian County Archives: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ok/canadian/canadian.html ===================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm ===================================================================== ::El Reno Cemetery--El Reno OK Meyer, Donald Porter Donald Porter Meyer died May 23rd, 2007 in Livingston California. He was born June 16th, 1931 in El Reno, Oklahoma, the oldest child of the late Adeline and Dr. Harry A. Meyer, Jr. of Geary and grandson of the late Sarah and Dr. Harry A. Meyer, Sr. of El Reno, Oklahoma. Don was valedictorian of his graduating class at Geary, Oklahoma High School. He received his bachelor's and master's degrees from The University of Oklahoma where he was a member of Phi Kappa Theta Fraternity, the OU Band and Glee Club. Between getting his degrees he served in the U.S. Army, most of the time in Korea. In 1959 he began teaching and coaching tennis at Livingston California High School and continued there until retirement in 1996. Tennis was his passion. He coached many teams to area championships and continued coaching to the end. Don never married but had a huge family of students and friends. He was a member of St. Jude's Catholic Church where he was organist for over forty years. A memorial Mass was celebrated on May 29th at St. Jude's with the Reverend Harvey Fonseca officiating. He is survived by sister Marilyn Tharp of Ponca City, OK; brother Paul and sister-in-law Jeanne of Oklahoma City, OK; brother Richard of Denver, CO and many nieces, nephews and cousins. Graveside services will be Wednesday, June 27th at 4:00 p.m. at the El Reno, Oklahoma Cemetery with Reverend Joseph R. Ross officiating. A scholarship fund has been created in his name at the Livingston High School, c/o Frank Vierra, P.O. Box 542, Livingston, CA 95334 Published in the Merced Sun Star on 6/26/2007. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Return to Canadian County Archives: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ok/canadian/canadian.html