Submitted by: Dan Rich

John E. Meissner

Dec. 21, 1930 - Jan. 1, 2005

South Bend Tribune 1/4/2005

John E. Meissner, 74, of South Washington Street, Wakarusa, and formerly of Mishawaka, died on January 1, 2005, in Miller's Merry Manor in Wakarusa. John was born December 21, 1930, in Buffalo, New York, to Edward and Ann (Gulshen) Meissner. He graduated from Plymouth High School and attended Indiana University in South Bend. John served his country in the U.S. Air Force from 1951 until being honorably discharged in 1959.

He married Lois Beutter on November 24, 1962, in South Bend. The family moved from Mishawaka to Wakarusa in 1977. John's surviving family includes his wife, Lois; two sons, Paul John and Ann Marie Meissner of New York, and Mark John Meissner of Washington, D.C., and two identical twin granddaughters, Paula Jane and Angela Marie Meissner; brothers-in-law and sisters-in-law, George and Zuella Beutter, and Dee and Donald Schlarb; uncle and aunt, Albert and Esther Beutter; nephews and nieces, Andy (Jan) Beutter, Tom (Mary Beth) Beutter, John Beutter, Beth (Andy) Borowski, Phil (Jody) Schlarb, Peggy (Bob) Thornton, Jeanne (Jeff) Beers; great-nephews and nieces, Sarah Beutter, Erin Beutter, Robert Beutter, Abigail Beutter, Emily Beutter, David Beutter, Morgan Schlarb, Amanda Schlarb, Hailey Thornton, Joe Borowski, Jillian Borowski, Jenna Borowski, Jared Beers and Julie Beers. He was preceded in death by his parents, and an infant son, born in November 1971.

John was Business Administrator for X-Ray Consultants, Inc., of South Bend for 25 years. Prior to joining X-Ray Consultants, he was an engineering buyer for Bendix Missile Plant. John was president of the International Radiology Business Management Association (IRBMA) in 1992 and was a member of the Board of Directors for four years. He was also an active member of the national Radiology Business Management Association (RBMA). John was a former member of the Data Processing Management Association. He was also a member of the Bendix Management Club. In the 1980s, he was an active member of the Wakarusa Lions Club. John also belonged to the Toastmasters International Communication and Leadership program and earned honors with the group. He was a member of the St. Bavo Catholic Church in Mishawaka.