William Ford Meyer

1987 - 2023

William Ford Meyer

It is with profound sadness that the family of William Ford Meyer said goodbye to him on September 7th. Will, a devoted father, husband, son, brother, nephew, cousin and friend, was 36.

Friends and family remember him as bright, outgoing and always up for the next adventure.

He was born January 20, 1987 in Grand Junction, the third child of Anne and Steve Meyer. Will spent most of his early years in a never-ending quest to keep up with his older brother Sam and sister Caroline.

In 2005 he graduated from Grand Junction High School, where he was a varsity tennis player for four years. In 2016 he graduated from the University of San Diego with a degree in mechanical engineering.

Will spent several years in southern California and the Pacific Northwest, but Colorado was home. He returned to Colorado in 2018 and joined Shaw Construction, where he was a project manager. It was in Colorado where he met and married Mishelle, the love of his life. They welcomed their daughter Charlotte in 2022.

Will was an adventurer. He was particularly passionate about mountaineering. That passion led him to the summits of some of the highest mountains in Africa, Europe, South America and the U.S.

Will had many notches in his mountaineering belt: Kilimanjaro in Tanzania, the highest point in Africa; Cotopaxi and Antisana in Ecuador; and Mount Elbrus in Russia, the highest peak in Europe. He also conquered The Grand Teton in Wyoming, Mount Hood and Mount Adams in Washington and many of the Colorado 14ers.

He had a huge heart and there were few things he enjoyed more than being Uncle Will to his nephew, Beck, and his nieces Kate, Claire and Libby.

Many people will miss Will, but none more than his immediate family: his wife Mishelle, and his daughter, Charlotte; his parents, Anne and Steve; his brother, Sam, and his wife, Liz Meyer; and his sister, Caroline, and her husband, Andy Davis.

A few weeks after Will's death members of the family celebrated his life at their mountain cabin in Twin Lakes. They scattered his ashes on the southern flank of Mount Elbert, the highest peak in Colorado.