MEADE – Bill G. Meggenberg, age 63, died Saturday afternoon, May 28, 2016, at rural Laverne, Oklahoma.
He was born February 24, 1953, at Meade, Kansas, the son of Tom and Betty Jean (Gray) Heinson and Lester "Pinky" Meggenberg. As a young boy he attended the Meade school system, graduating from Meade High School in 1972. He later attended Seward County Community College. A lifetime resident of Meade, he was a Road Crew Chief for the Meade County Road and Bridge Department.
On July 4, 1974 he married Julie Bucher. On September 30, 1995, he married Susan Haney at Great Bend, Kansas.
He was a member of St. John Lutheran Church, the church men's group; the Boy Scouts of America; NWTF: Pheasants Forever; NRA; the Patriot Guard; the Yetimen; Jedidiah Smith Mountain Man Club; the Christian Motorcycle Riders; and a former member of the Lions Club. He enjoyed motorcycles, collecting guns, shooting sports, working the Meade High School Football games on the Chain Gang, portraying Santa Claus each year, collecting knives, but most of all spending time with his family, friends, and grandchildren.
He is survived by:
Two sons, BJ Meggenberg and wife Natasha of Loveland, Colorado
Joe Meggenberg and wife Kristine of Tulsa, Oklahoma
A daughter, Angie Niemeyer and husband Charlie of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
His mother, Betty Heinson of Meade, Kansas
Three half-sisters, Stacie Meggenberg Matson of San Antonio, Texas
Donna Meggenberg Stotts of Cypress, Texas Shelly Meggenberg Drew of Edmond, Oklahoma
Four grandchildren, Ava Meggenberg, Hudson Meggenberg
Grayson Niemeyer, and Megan Niemeyer
He is preceded in death by his father, stepfather, and a sister, Sue Ann Bond.
Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m. Saturday, June 4, 2016, at St. John Lutheran Church, Meade. Friends may call from 12:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m. Friday at Fidler-Orme-Bachman Mortuary, Meade. Interment will follow in the Graceland Cemetery, Meade.
The family would welcome memorials to St. John Lutheran Church or the grandchildren's educational fund in care of the funeral home.