- Date Of Birth: January 19, 1949
- Date Of Death: August 26, 2021
- State: Iowa
Rodney Alan Meyer was born January 19, 1949, to Gerald and Alice (Swalwell) Meyer, and grew up on the family farm near Newton, Iowa.
Rod attended Newton High School and graduated in 1967. He then went on to Muscatine Jr. College and the Southern Illinois University before enlisting in the U.S. Navy, where he proudly served for six years. Rod was stationed in Rota Naval Base in Spain where he was a Cryptologic Technician. He reached the rank of Petty Officer Second Class before he was honorably discharged.
Rod was preceded in death by his parents Alice and Gerald Meyer and parents-in-law Frank and Dolores Cleverley.
Those left to cherish his memory are his wife, Candy, and their family:
Chad (Amy) Meyer, Pella
Amber (Rory)
Ashley
Penny
Frances
Georgia
Kristen (Todd) Kroll, Ankeny
Lola
Alise
Jolee (Luke) Jansen, Lynnville
Jordan
Ryder
Royce
Rod is also survived by his siblings: Gary (Kitty) Meyer, Newton; Mike (Barb) Meyer, Kellogg; Cindy (Uwe) Brunner, Baxter; Chuck Meyer, Pottsboro, Texas; and many other family members and friends.
