Arnold "Arnie" Meyer Obituary

Arnold B. “Arnie” Meyer, age 98 of Sauk Centre, passed away peacefully, surrounded by his family on Friday, October 17, 2025 at CentraCare Hospital in Sauk Centre, Minnesota.

A Mass of Christian Burial will be held 11 a.m. Friday, October 24 at St. Paul’s Catholic Church in Sauk Centre with Rev. Mark Botzet officiating. Interment will be in the parish cemetery.

Visitation will be held from 4 to 8 p.m. Thursday at the Patton-Schad Funeral Home in Sauk Centre and from 10 to 10:45 a.m. Friday at the church. Parish prayers will be held at 4 p.m. followed by a Rosary by the Knights of Columbus at 7 p.m. Thursday evening at the funeral home.

Arnold Bernard Meyer was born July 14, 1927 in Meire Grove, Minnesota to Aloys C. and Elizabeth (Nietfeld) Meyer. Arnie completed school through the eighth grade in Meire Grove and completed two years at the Morris Ag School. He was united in marriage to Mary Ann Wenning at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Melrose, Minnesota. Arnie worked at Kraft Foods in Melrose for 15 years and then worked as a butter maker at the Avon Creamery in Avon. He worked several jobs before farming in 1965 and farmed in West Union Township until his retirement in 1996.

He was a member of St. Paul’s Catholic Church in Sauk Centre where Arnie served as an usher and was a member of the Queen of Peace Fourth Degree Knights of Columbus. Arnie enjoyed bear hunting in Canada, elk hunting in Colorado, fishing, water skiing, and gardening. He also enjoyed playing cards with his family and friends, square dancing, and loved spending time with his family, especially when it came to playing games with his grandchildren and great-grandchildren.

Survivors include his loving wife of 66 years, Mary Ann Meyer of Sauk Centre; children, Brian (Victoria) Meyer of Cheyenne, Wyoming, Eric (Margaret) Meyer of Aitkin, Lisa (Keith) Streff of Eagan, Brenda (Paul) Hockert of Medina, and Arnold G. “Arnie” (Kim) Meyer of Eagan; 13 grandchildren and three great-grandchildren; brother, David (Jane) Meyer of Sauk Centre; brothers and sisters-in-law; and many loving relatives and friends.

Arnie was preceded in death by his parents, Aloys and Elizabeth Meyer; grandchild, Jesse Meyer; brothers and sisters, Polycarp (Julie), Marcella (Frank) Lawler, Alban (Fernalyce), Leo, Aloys “Red” (Arlene), Anna Meyer, Bernard “Bernie” (Rosemary), and James; father and mother-in-law, Lawrence and Melania Wenning; and brothers-in-law, LeRoy Wenning, Lloyd (Leona) Wenning, and Paul Weber.