Addie A Meyer

Addie A. Meyer, 93, of Buda, formerly of Polo, died at 8:50 p.m. Tuesday, May 17, 2011, at Heartland Health Care in Henry. Born Sept. 19, 1917, to Edward Hatfield and Carrie Mae (Strohecker) Minnier, she married Elwood Meyer Aug. 24, 1940, in Milledgeville. He died Jan. 21, 1973. She was a graduate of Oregon High School. She had worked as a waitress, and at a nursing home in Polo and the Dixon State School. She was a member of the Bureau Township Community Church and Church of the Brethren in Polo. Surviving are one daughter, Karen (Joel) VanDrew of Hopewell; two sons, Leon (Diane) Meyer of Quincy and Gary Meyer of Columbus, Ohio; five grandchildren, Jennifer (Peter) Chirchirillo of Hopewell, Michael (Rose) Meyer of Moody Air Force Base, Ga., Angela (Greg) Shelton of Quincy, Jonathan (Jennifer) Meyer of San Antonio, Texas, and Michelle (Evan) Lish of Quincy; and seven great-grandchildren, Andrew, Ashley, Lindsey, Ryan, Madison, Quinton and Kobe. She was also preceded in death by her parents; four brothers, Melvin "Bun", Harry, Allen and John; and two sisters, Annabelle Shilling and Alice Bushman. Services will be at 10 a.m. Friday at the Grant-Johnson Funeral Home, Princeton, with the Rev. Marvin Claassen officiating. Burial will be in Chapel Hill Memorial Cemetery, Dixon. Visitation will be from 5 to 7 p.m. Thursday in the funeral home. Memorials may be directed to the Buda Rescue Squad.