Wesley A. Meeker

February 14, 1956 - January 1, 1753

at the Keokuk County Health Center in Sigourney. Visitation: Wednesday from 6 to 8 PM March 21, 2007 at Fremont Funeral Chapel Funeral Service: 11:00 A.M. on Thursday March 22, 2007 at Fremont Funeral Chapel Interment: Mt. Zion Cemetery near Martinsburg Hedrick – Wesley A. Meeker, age 52 of Hedrick, died Sunday, March 18, 2007 at the Keokuk County Health Center in Sigourney. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 AM on Thursday, March 22 at the Fremont Funeral Chapel with Pastor Bill Hornback officiating. Interment will follow at Mt. Zion Cemetery near Martinsburg. Visitation begins at 10 AM on Wednesday at the Fremont Funeral Chapel with the family present from 6 to 8 PM that evening. Memorials may be made to the family. Wesley A. Meeker, son of Marion F. “Skip” and Florine J. Rigler Meeker, was born on February 14, 1955 in Sigourney, IA. He was raised in the Hedrick/Martinsburg area and was a 1973 graduate of Hedrick High School. He received his A.A. degree from Ottumwa Heights College in 1976 and was working towards his B.A. degree at Buena Vista University. Wesley married Angela Brown on June 6, 1982 in Packwood, IA. They had two children together, Mikkala Reneé and Kristen Michelle. They divorced in 1991 but continued to share a deep and heartfelt friendship. On July 3, 1995, Wes married Katherine Kauffman in Sigourney, IA. They have a daughter, Katelyn LeaAnn. A Hedrick resident for most of his life, Wesley had worked for many years as a counselor for troubled youth at the Siddartha House in Ottumwa. For the past 25 years, he worked at the Pioneer Hybrid plant west of Hedrick. He enjoyed watching sports and was an avid Iowa Hawkeye fan as well as the New York Yankees and Chicago Bears. Wesley enjoyed listening to classic rock music and playing the drums. He is survived by his wife, Kathy of Hedrick; his father, Marion “Skip” Meeker of Hedrick; his daughters, Kristen and Katelyn both of Hedrick; two sisters, Melissa (Tim) Deegan of Hedrick and Judy Meeker of Missouri; his step-children, Ron (Chanel) Kauffman and Jessica and Holly Kauffman; two step-grandchildren, Avery and Zachary Kauffman, and many nieces and nephews. Wesley was preceded in death by his mother, an infant daughter, Mikkala; two sisters, Lonna and Wanda Souer and a brother, John Meeker.