Janet Meyer

On April 21, 1928, in Freeport, Illinois, Louise Clark Heuring and Benjamin Harrison Heuring welcomed a 6lb. 13 oz. baby girl into their lives. They named her Eloise Janet. Her father was an attorney with the Illinois Central Railroad and her mother was a stay-at-home mom.

Two years later a baby brother, Clark, joined the family. Immediately after Clark’s birth, Janet’s father accepted a position in Bloomington, Illinois, and he moved his family to Bloomington.

Janet unexpectedly lost her father when she was only 10 years old. She took this loss very hard because she and her father were close.

When she was 14, a boy, who was her classmate, asked if he could walk Janet to school for their 8th grade elementary school graduation. When the hour got closer and closer to the time for the ceremony, and the boy had not shown up, she walked to school alone. So, Janet got “stood up” on her first date.

During her freshman year in Bloomington High School, she tried out for the cheerleading squad and was accepted. She was a cheerleader during her high school and college years.

Immediately after her high school graduation, in 1946, her mother, her brother, and she moved from Illinois to California, and she attended classes at Los Angeles City College. Getting classes was difficult because World War II had just ended, the GI Bill had passed, and the returning veterans were vying for class space. She also took classes and San Diego State College and graduated from Palomar College.

While visiting an aunt in Vista, she met a young man who lived next door to her aunt. It was not a memorable meeting because neither showed much interest in the other, but 2 ½ years later they were married, and she became Mrs. Bill Meyer on June 4, 1949. Together they ran a successful business raising rabbits. In the next few years, their son, Terry, and twin daughters, Kathy and Karen were born.

Janet and Bill’s marriage lasted 54 extremely happy years. It was a true love match. Their love of travel took them all over North America in their small camper. They took numerous cruises. Dance bands on the ships allowed them to enjoy their love of dancing. They also visited Hawaii, Europe, Tahiti and New Zealand.

On April 15, 2003, Bill died of cancer and Janet was devastated. She picked herself up and made a life for herself without her Bill. She continued dancing with a group called “The Toe Tappers”, did some more traveling, by car, train, and cruise ships, and enjoyed time with her 3 children, 2 grandchildren, and 5 great-grandchildren.

During her later years Janet face several health challenges, including 3 bouts of cancer, 2 hip and 2 knee replacements, type 2 diabetes and A-fib, until her passing on Friday, March 28, 2025.

Janet is survived by her son Terry and his wife, Penny, twin daughters Kathy and Karen: grandson Tyler, his wife Sharilyn and their 3 children, Asher, Jordan and Aubrey: and granddaughter Nealey, her husband Blake and their 2 children, Lincoln and Eloise.

Janet will be greatly missed by her family and friends.

A graveside service for Eloise will be held Tuesday, April 15, 2025 at 10:00 AM at Eternal Hills Memorial Park, 1999 El Camino Real, Oceanside, California 92054.