John D Meier

John D Meier, 78, of Waco, died Monday, November 21, 2016, in a Waco Hospital. Services will be held at 2:00 p.m. Saturday in Cook-Gerngross-Green-Patterson Funeral Home in Rosebud. Rev. Edwin Kagoo officiating. Burial will follow in Woodland Cemetery in Rosebud. Visitation will be one hour prior to services.
J.D. was born August 14, 1938 in Barclay to John J. and Gertrude Fabianke Meier. He graduated from Troy High School in 1956 where he was a member of the Troy Trojans football team and the FFA. He was employed at ER Carpenter in Temple, and General Tire and Colorite Plastics in Waco.
He was preceded in death by his parents, two sisters, Odell Baca and Gertrude Herzog and by his God daughter, Barbara Long.
He is survived by three sisters, Emma Rean Pinkert of Temple, Allene Arndt and Johnnie Maye Childs and husband Erwin both of Waco. He is also survived by several nieces and nephews.