Donn H. Meinert

MEINERT Donn H. Donn H. Meinert, 74, passed away on Thursday, October 9, 2008, at The Willows Rehabilitation Center of Arbors at Oregon. He was born in Toledo, Ohio on January 18, 1934, to Kermit and Helen (Eggleston) Meinert. As a funeral director, Donn served and cared for many area families for over 50 years. He owned and operated the Eggleston Meinert Pavley Funeral Homes until his retirement in 1999. A graduate of Clay High School he attended Hillsdale College before graduating from Cincinnati College of Mortuary Science. His memberships include St. Mark Lutheran Church (life member), Paragon (Port Lawrence) Masonic Lodge, North American Swiss, Oregon Economic Development Foundation, and the Ohio and National Funeral Directors Association. Donn was also a member and past president of the Funeral Director's Association of Northwest Ohio and the Eastern Maumee Bay Chamber of Commerce. He also served on the Oregon City Council and the Board of the Oregon Branch of Sky Bank. A.A. was a big part of his life for the past 30 years and he always found time to help anyone in need. Surviving are his wife of 43 years, Elizabeth A.; children, David (Patti) Meinert of Columbus, OH, Lisa (Dennis) Pavley of Oregon, OH, James Meinert of Ft. Lauderdale, FL and Sally (David) Penrod of Powell, OH; grand-children, Michael and Matthew Pavley, Cori and Sam Meinert and Jennifer, Ryan and Drew Penrod; 2 great-grandchildren and step-mother, Jane Meinert. He was preceded in death by his parents and sister, Carol Towns. Family and friends may visit at the Eggleston Meinert Pavley Funeral Home, Millbury Chapel, 1111 Woodville Rd., Millbury, Ohio, on Sunday from 1-8 p.m. and Monday from 10 a.m. until the time of the service at 1 p.m. Interment will take place in Lake Township Cemetery. Expressions of sympathy in Donn's memory may be given to St. Mark Lutheran Church or the charity of the donor's choice. www.egglestonmeinert.com