MEADE – George W. McNemer, age 82, died early Thursday morning, April 2, 2009, at Via Christi Saint Francis Medical Center, Wichita, Kansas.

He was born July 19, 1926, at Shipbotttom, New Jersey, the son of George Jackson and Anna Rebecca (Rider) McNemer. As a young boy he attended school in the Tuckerton, New Jersey area. He later joined the United States Navy serving aboard the U.S.S. L.S.T. 768 during World War II in the Pacific Theater of Operation. While in the service he participated in the battle for Iwo Jima. He later served aboard the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter the U.S.S. Half Moon. After his discharge, he began his career in the construction business, working for McBrid & Dehemer for twenty-one years.

He was a member of the United Methodist Church, Meade, the VFW, American Legion, NRA, and the Carpenters Local of Topeka. He enjoyed hunting, fishing, and golfing.

On June 1, 1951, he married Anna Frances Gaskill at Trenton, New Jersey. She died February 19, 1989.

Survivors include:

A son, Michael McNemer of Fowler, Kansas
A daughter, Donna Jane Garner of Meade, Kansas

Five grandchildren, Justin Garner, Mark Garner, Sarah McNemer, Charles McNemer, and
Jacob McNemer

He is preceded in death by his wife; and four brothers, Charles, Arthur, Richard, and Jackson McNemer.

Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, April 7, 2009, at Fidler-Orme-Bachman Mortuary Chapel, Meade, Kansas. Friends may call from 9:00 a.m. until 7:00 p.m. Monday at the funeral home. Interment will be in the Graceland Cemetery, Meade.

The family would welcome memorials to the Friends of Meade Lake in care of the funeral home.