Marion A. Myers

Marion A. Myers, 86, Lapel, passed away Monday, January 26, 2004, at Saint John's Health System Anderson following an extended illness.
He was born on January 23, 1918, in Anderson, IN to Earle and Margaret (Simmermon) Myers. He was a 1935 Lapel High School graduate and he received a B. S. from Purdue University in 1939 and had received the Distinguished Purdue Ag Alumni award. He was a farmer and he retired in 1993 from Myers Insurance and Real Estate which he founded in 1956. He was a member of the Trinity United Methodist Church in Lapel, and was a charter member of the Lapel Lions Club. He was a 50 year member of the Lapel Masonic Lodge No. 625 and was a member of the Murat Temple Shrine. He had served on the board of directors of the former State Bank of Lapel and Citizens Bank and was a member of the Anderson Country Club. He is survived by his wife whom he married on June 18, 1941, Helen (Willits) Myers; two sons, Bob (wife, Kitty) Myers of Lapel, and Jim (wife, Cherie) Myers of Lapel; four granddaughters, Betsy (husband, Jim) Taylor, Julie (husband, Greg) Moster, Jennifer (husband, Sean) Connolly, and Amy Myers, and two great-grandsons. He was preceded in death by his parents; a brother, Richard Myers; and a sister, Margery Woodward. Services will be held on Friday at 10:30 AM at Trinity United Methodist Church in Lapel, with Rev. Evan Lash officiating. Burial will be at the Brookside Cemetery in Lapel. Friends may call from 4:00 PM to 8:00 PM Thursday at the Trinity United Methodist Church in Lapel.

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