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James L. Meyer

Chicago, Illinois

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James L. Meyer, age 83, long-time high school teacher and coach, passed away August 6, 2022, of natural causes. Beloved husband of Mary Therese (Pastirik). Loving father of Mark (Christine), Maureen Scardina (Jan Spiegelman), Lynn Zahorak (Bill), Mary Asciutto, and Jeanne Meyer (Sterling Smith)....

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So very sorry for your loss. The Cat Man was one of a kind and he was always a welcome sight up at St. Mary's College for parents' weekends. May he Rest in Eternal Peace.

James ( Jim) has been a significant connection with myself in Catholic education throughout the decades. In the 1980´s, I brought a team of students from St. Felicitas School to participate annually in the St. Francis De Sales ` Scholastic Showdown´. He was the moderator of this and impressed me as a welcoming host in his role of both educator and coach. He made it a point to meet each of my African American students, as he did other competing students from various schools. He was fair,...