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Chase County Kansas Obituaries
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Meierhoff, James A EMPORIA
The funeral for
James A. Meierhoff, 80, of
Emporia was held Sept. 27,
2002, in the First Christian
Church. Rev. Steve Goad con-
ducted the service. Burial,
with services conducted by the
Honors Detail Unit from Fort
Riley, were held in Evergreen
Cemetery.
Memorial contributions to
the First Christian Church
may be sent to the Roberts-
Blue-Barnett Funeral home,
PO. Box 175, Emporia 66801.
Mr. Meierhoff died Sept. 24,
2002, at Newman Regional
Health.
James A Meierhoff, the son
of Arnold and Mary Evelyn
Fox Meierhoff, was born Dec.
13, 1921, at Clements. He mar-
ried Edith Margaret Brooks on
June 29, 1942, at Council
Grove. She died Jan, 8, 1987.
He is survived by his second
wife, Edna Jean Hendrickson,
whom he married in 1988 in
Emporia.
He worked at Conservation
Corps camps in Oregon and
Washington; at Fairmont
Creamery in Council Grove;
Beech Aircraft in Delavan; and
in Emporia, at Victory-Hoch
Dairy, Memorial Lawn
Maplewood Cemetery, Didde
Graphics and the First
Christian Church. He lived for
several years in Buhl, Idaho,
before he returned to Kansas.
He moved to Emporia in 1955.
He enlisted in the Army
during World War II, serving
as a private first class in the
390th Infantry. He received,
the American Service Medal,
Asiatic Pacific Service Medal,
World War II Victory Medal
and the Good Conduct Medal.
Mr. Meierhoff was a mem-
ber of the First Christian
Church. He also was a mem-
ber of Veterans of Foreign
Wars Lowry-Funston Post
1980; the Bluestem Swingers
Square Dance Club; and two
card clubs. He had been a -
leader of Cub Scout Pack 109
at Mary Herbert Elementary
School.
He is survived by three
sons, David Arnold. Meierhoff,
Dennis Brooks Meierhoff and
Daryl William Meierhoff, all of
Emporia; two daughters,
Donna L. Shaw of Reading and
Delight S. Benson of Fort
Smith, Ark.; a step-son,
Garland Hendrickson of
Salina; a step-daughter, Terry
Aldrich of Salina; three broth-
ers, Ray E. Meierhoff and
Ralph J. Meierhoff, both of
Buhl, Idaho, and Adolph L.
"Ace" Meierhoff of
Featherville, Idaho; two sis-
ters, Dorothy Evelyn Ferrasci
of Salinas, Calif., and Naomi
Mae Wing of Mountain Home,
Idaho; 10 grandchildren; seven
step-grandchildren; six great-
grandchildren; and five step-
great-grandchildren.
A brother, Homer Meierhoff,
died earlier.
Chase County Leader News, Oct 14, 2002
by Lorna Marvin
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