Michael C. Meyer

1949 - 2025

Michael C. Meyer

January 2, 1949 - October 15, 2025

Michael Carr Meyer, age 76, passed away peacefully on October 15, 2025, in his home in Sylvania, Ohio. Born on January 2, 1949, in Toledo, to parents Charles "Partner" Meyer and Gladys (Loo) Meyer, Mike spent his childhood in Willard with his parents and younger brother, Matt, on their family's tree farm. After graduating from Willard High School in 1967, Mike earned both a bachelor's degree and a master's degree in civil engineering at the University of Toledo. During this time, he met his future wife, Judith Lee Grim. Meyer and Grim married in 1973, and remained together until his passing, raising a family of three children in Sylvania.

Mike served the region as a civil engineer at the Lucas County Engineer's Office for over three decades, designing infrastructure still in use today. Mike's hallmark projects aligned with his passion for multi-modal transportation and roundabouts. Northwest Ohioans can experience Mike's pioneering contributions throughout the area, such as the first roundabout in Lucas County at King Road and Nebraska Avenue, and several of the region's well-loved bike paths, including the University Parks Trail and the Wabash Cannonball Trail.

Recently, a former colleague of Mike's visited and shared the sentiment: "Mike taught me everything I know about traffic engineering. I am beyond blessed Mike took me under his wing. He really was the best boss I could've had, and I wouldn't be here in life without him." The family is grateful to Ron Myers for sharing this memory.

Mike was a family-man first, and an exceptional father, spending as much time as he could with his wife, Judy, and their three children, Jeffrey, Scott, and Meghan. He could often be found on a soccer field coaching or cheering on Scott and Meghan, and in the audience supporting Jeff's musicals. He delighted in challenging his children and those around him with difficult questions, often about local geography and infrastructure-once asking his daughter the name of the ditch behind her house and encouraging her to look it up in a county atlas. If someone didn't know the answer to his query, he sent them to discover it at the local library, instilling his dedication to lifelong learning. He heeded his own advice and turned to the library for guidance on active LGBTQ+ allyship as a parent. A testament to both his remarkable mind and his deep love for his community, Mike even committed the entire street grid of Toledo, Ohio to memory!

Mike loved to be outside riding his bike and exploring Wildwood Metropark with the family dogs, Cocoa and Ozzy. Mike cherished trips to the beach and annual visits to MacQueen's Apple Orchard, creating lasting memories with his family and resulting in his legendary homemade applesauce. Mike also had a deep appreciation of music, especially live shows. Some of his most memorable concert experiences included seeing Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Simon & Garfunkel, Bruce Springsteen, Paul McCartney, The Rolling Stones, Bob Dylan, Bob Seger, The Moody Blues, and The Who.

In his later years, Mike had the distinct fortune of being a grandfather to Scott's three children and Meghan's two children. His five beloved grandchildren brought an incredible amount of pride and joy to his life, and they will dearly miss him. He and the love of his life, Judy, celebrated over fifty years of marriage at a drive-thru vow renewal in 2024. In a collection of stories Mike penned about his life, he reflected the following on life's greatest surprises: "The marriage of 50 years might be considered by some to be a surprise in our lives, however, we worked hard on our marriage and its success is not a surprise to us. Our family has been a great accomplishment. The types of persons that have developed as Jeff, Scott, and Meghan have been absolutely wonderful and no one could ask for more."

Mike's children and wife will remember him as a steadfast father, loving husband, trailblazing engineer, and spirited conversationalist. His legacy will be remembered by all he impacted and be ever-present with every classic rock song played, apple plucked from a tree, and roundabout traversed. Mike was preceded in death by his parents; and survived by his wife, Judith Meyer; brother, Matt Meyer; son, Jeffrey (Tom) Meyer, of New York City; son, Scott (Lindsey) Meyer, of Canton; and daughter, Meghan (Ryan) Allsop, of Columbus; as well as grandchildren, Eve, Ian, Emmie, Maxwell, and Austin.

A celebration of life will be held at The Nederhouser Community Hall at Olander Park, on Sunday, October 26th, from 12-3 p.m. In lieu of flowers, please consider supporting the Metroparks Toledo Foundation or the English Springer Rescue of America, in honor of Mike's beloved dogs.

In homage to the inscription his children placed on the iPod they gave him years ago, holding 20,000+ of his favorite songs, keep on rocking pops.