Kevin Meiners, 54, of Carroll, died Sunday, April 19, 2015 at St. Anthony Regional Hospital in Carroll.
Mass of the Christian Burial will be celebrated at 10 a.m. Thursday, April 23, 2015 at Holy Spirit Catholic Church in Carroll. The Celebrant will be Fr. Timothy Johnson. Music will be by Barb McDermott and the Holy Spirit Choir. Lectors for the funeral mass will be Brenda Kasparbauer and Gena Daly. Gift Bearers will be: Ken Meiners, Joleen Kasparbauer, and Glenn Kerkhoff. Eucharistic Minister will be Leo Kasparbauer. Honorary Casket Bearers will be: Jason Williams, Gena Daly, Brenda Kasparbauer, and Greg Kasparbauer. Casket Bearers will be: Roxanne Reinart, Gaylen Marsh, Peter Poland, David Redenius, Glenn Winker, and Kevin Hoffman. Burial will be at 12:30 p.m. Thursday at St. Joseph’s Cemetery in Dedham.
Friends may call at the Sharp Funeral Home in Carroll after 5 p.m. on Wednesday where there will be a Christian Wake Service at 6:30 p.m.
The casket will be moved to Holy Spirit Church at 9 a.m. on Thursday where visitation will resume until time of the funeral mass.
Funeral arrangements are under the direction of the Sharp Funeral Home in Carroll and online condolences may be left for Kevin’s family at www.sharpfuneral.com.
Born on January 20, 1961 at Carroll, Iowa, Kevin was the son of Theodore Jr. and Natheal (Bierl) Meiners. Kevin was raised on a farm northeast of Dedham, where he loved nature and all animals. His passion while growing up was to someday become a Conservation Officer or Naturalist working with wildlife and habitat, but due to health reasons made a different career choice. He attended Dedham-Willey Grade School and later graduated from Kuemper Catholic School in 1979. Following high school Kevin attended Iowa Western Community College in Council Bluffs, graduating in 1981 from the Graphic Arts Department where he learned the many areas of the printing industry. Following his graduation, Kevin worked for Sklenar Publishing Company, Nishna Valley Tribune Newspaper in Audubon, Iowa. His duties included photography, darkroom, delivering the printed newspapers to surrounding towns as well as commercial printing in the shop. In 1985, Kevin moved to Carroll and started working for the former Carroll Copy Center in Carroll as a pressman. In 1987 he started employment with Stone Printing in Carroll with duties including darkroom, offset printing, letterpress, prepress, and supervision of the printing operation. As his health declined due to Cystic Fibrosis in December of 2013, Kevin decided it was time to retire and keep his health in order.
He enjoyed and thought very highly of his family, especially his nieces and nephews. He always enjoyed playing cards and spending quality time during the holidays with his family.
In his younger years, he enjoyed hunting, trapping and exploring the countryside. Fishing was another hobby Kevin enjoyed throughout his life; spending may hours on the Middle Raccoon River, farm ponds, creeks, Black Hawk Lake and Swan Lake.
When weather wasn’t cooperating to be outdoors, he could be found working on his Diecast Toy Oliver Collection. His father and uncle had Oliver tractors on the farm while Kevin was growing up which grew an interest for his collection of the tractors. He spent many days and weekends making custom scale tractors, grain trucks and wagons.
In his passing, Kevin gave the gift of sight through his donation of his eyes to the Iowa Lions Eye Bank.
Kevin is survived by his father, Theodore Meiners Jr. of Carroll; his siblings: Ken Meiners and friend Retta Williams of Carroll, Joleen (Leo) Kasparbauer of Carroll, and Glenn (Cindy) Kerkhoff of Glidden; his nephews and nieces: Jason Williams of Carroll, Gena (Jamie) Daly of Boone, Brenda Kasparbauer of Grimes, and Greg Kasparbauer of Carroll; as well as other extended relatives and many friends.
Kevin was preceded in death by his mother; his sisters: Linda, Karen, Annabelle, Donna, and Brenda Meiners and nephew Cameron Kerkhoff.
