1921
William
2016
William Howard "Bill" Myers
December 2, 1921 — November 2, 2016
WILLIAM HOWARD MYERS
William Howard Myers age 94, formerly of Keller, Texas died November 2, 2016. He was born December 2, 1921 in Sarcoxie, Missouri. Bill married Helen Marie Adams on May 29th, 1952. They spent a little over sixty wonderful years together before Helen died from ovarian cancer. He missed her every day. Bill was raised on a farm in Phelps, Missouri. William (Bill) was the third child of Lela Gertrude Patten and William Harmon Myers. Bill had two older sisters, Dorothy Myers Wilson, and Annabelle Myers Randall. He also had younger brother, Henry Ward Myers. All of Bill’s siblings predeceased him. He enjoyed growing vegetables and worked his garden until he was 91-years-old. He had rheumatic fever when he was nineteen which left him with a heart murmur. He couldn’t be drafted for WWII, but he eventually worked for the government as a civilian. He was stationed on Oahu until after the war ended helping rebuild Hickam and Wheeler airfield. When Bill returned to Missouri, he settled in Kansas City. He learned how to weld, and car repair, among other useful types of work. Eventually, he went into front end alignment and wheel balancing. For several years he owned his own repair shop in Kansas City, Kansas. It was during this time that Bill got interested in hunting, cutting, and polishing semi-precious rocks. He and Helen sold Myers Rapid Polish which was a polish for jade and other semi-precious stones. They travelled to gem and mineral shows in many western states. In 1976, Bill submitted one of his polished Mozarkite stones to the Smithsonian for their bi-centennial celebration. His stone was selected to represent Missouri, and was on display along with stones from all the other states for quite some time. Bill thoroughly enjoyed teaching and sharing his method of polishing stones. He and Helen loved going to Wyoming for vacations to enjoy the mountains and trout fishing. Bill lived with his daughter Sandra and her husband Jamey since 2015. He enjoyed working the crossword puzzles every day and reading his books.
Special thanks go to Bill’s hospice nurse, Sharon Hutchinson, his aides, and hospice Chaplin, Jay Glasgow. Surviving is son James Lee Myers (Jan) of Owasso, Oklahoma, and daughter Sandra Ann (James) Sanders of Charleston, South Carolina. Burial will be at Lee’s Summit Cemetery in Lee’s Summit, Missouri.
William Howard Myers age 94, formerly of Keller, Texas died November 2, 2016. He was born December 2, 1921 in Sarcoxie, Missouri. Bill married Helen Marie Adams on May 29th, 1952. They spent a little over sixty wonderful years together before Helen died from ovarian cancer. He missed her every day. Bill was raised on a farm in Phelps, Missouri. William (Bill) was the third child of Lela Gertrude Patten and William Harmon Myers. Bill had two older sisters, Dorothy Myers Wilson, and Annabelle Myers Randall. He also had younger brother, Henry Ward Myers. All of Bill’s siblings predeceased him. He enjoyed growing vegetables and worked his garden until he was 91-years-old. He had rheumatic fever when he was nineteen which left him with a heart murmur. He couldn’t be drafted for WWII, but he eventually worked for the government as a civilian. He was stationed on Oahu until after the war ended helping rebuild Hickam and Wheeler airfield. When Bill returned to Missouri, he settled in Kansas City. He learned how to weld, and car repair, among other useful types of work. Eventually, he went into front end alignment and wheel balancing. For several years he owned his own repair shop in Kansas City, Kansas. It was during this time that Bill got interested in hunting, cutting, and polishing semi-precious rocks. He and Helen sold Myers Rapid Polish which was a polish for jade and other semi-precious stones. They travelled to gem and mineral shows in many western states. In 1976, Bill submitted one of his polished Mozarkite stones to the Smithsonian for their bi-centennial celebration. His stone was selected to represent Missouri, and was on display along with stones from all the other states for quite some time. Bill thoroughly enjoyed teaching and sharing his method of polishing stones. He and Helen loved going to Wyoming for vacations to enjoy the mountains and trout fishing. Bill lived with his daughter Sandra and her husband Jamey since 2015. He enjoyed working the crossword puzzles every day and reading his books.
Special thanks go to Bill’s hospice nurse, Sharon Hutchinson, his aides, and hospice Chaplin, Jay Glasgow. Surviving is son James Lee Myers (Jan) of Owasso, Oklahoma, and daughter Sandra Ann (James) Sanders of Charleston, South Carolina. Burial will be at Lee’s Summit Cemetery in Lee’s Summit, Missouri.
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