Allen L. Meyer

He attended Edmonds HS, and the University of Washington for a short time prior to joining the army to serve his country in WWII. Al was sent to northern China and worked in a communications group. He traveled to China via a very bumpy flight over the hump and via rail. Al was part of the troops that were stationed in northern China to protect against a possible attack by the Japanese. Al was present at the release of POW's held in China and one prisoner had also attended Edmonds HS. At the completion of the war, Al traveled home via ship which took a long time though stormy seas.

Following the war Al returned to the University of Washington to study electrical engineering which in those days was focused on the utility industry. He worked as a substation operator which allowed time for studies between the monitoring of the equipment operation. He met Dallas Keller via Puget Power and was introduced to his daughter, Eoline Keller, who later became his wife. Al married Eoline and had two children, Steven and Dallas.

Al worked for an engineering consulting firm in Portland for a few years following graduation then joined Seattle City light. Al was involved in the planning and placement of the underground cable system for the city. He also was called out on stormy nights to supervise the emergency power crews. He retired from City Light almost 30 years ago.

Al and Eoline lived on Magnolia in Seattle most of their married life. Here he raised a family, swam at the neighborhood pool, took the crew and dog, camping and boating every summer to Roosevelt lake. A few years after Eoline's death in 2006, he moved to the Aljoya retirement community at Northgate. Al, known there as the puzzle man, was active in the men's group and lived at Aljoya until his death.

Al was deacon at the Church of Ascension in Magnolia, active in the church choir and he also sung with the community coral group. He and Eoline ballroom danced monthly to live swing bands for a large part of their married life. They cruised and travelled extensively during their retirement years. They were married for over 50 years. Al also volunteered with cub scouts and boy scouts.

Survived by son, Steve Meyer (Fran); daughter, Dallas Mast (Jeff); 3 grandchildren and 1 greatgrandchild