Howard Walter

Meier

Meier
Howard W.

Howard Walter Meier, 97, passed away peacefully at his home in Mt Pleasant, SC, Sunday, November 17, 2013. Mr. Meier was born April 8, 1916 in Toledo, Ohio to Walter and Louise Volz Meier. He graduated from Scott High School in 1934 and from University of Toledo in 1938 with a degree in Civil Engineering. After graduation Mr. Meier worked for several construction and engineering firms on a variety of projects throughout the country including refineries, breweries and power plants, attaining the rank of Construction Superintendant for Stone and Webster Engineering Company in 1948.
During World War II, Mr. Meier worked on war related facilities including The Manhattan Project. In Boston, he met Lucille Eleanor Durette of Waterville, Maine, who was serving as a WAVE. They married in 1946, and had one daughter, Julie, born in 1954.
Mr. Meier's career continued to take them around the country until he was named Construction Manager in 1964 and transferred permanently to Stone and Webster's home office in Boston, Massachusetts, where they made their home in Wellesley. Mr. Meier was named Senior Vice President and Director of Construction in 1971, with responsibility for all Stone and Webster construction projects in the US and abroad. In 1977, he was named Director of Construction and Project Management for Europe and the Middle East and relocated to Stone and Webster's offices in London, England, where they lived until he retired in 1979. During that time he and his wife enjoyed travelling in Europe and England in between Mr. Meier's frequent trips to the Middle East.
Upon retirement, Mr. and Mrs. Meier made their home in Toledo. Shortly thereafter, in 1980, his wife passed away. Mr. Meier continued to be an avid golfer and long time member of Sylvania Country Club, a fifty year member of Fort Industry Lodge # 144 F & AM, Scottish Rite Valley of Toledo, Zenobia Shrine and its Temple Guard Unit. Mr. Meier indulged his passion for travel with trips to Southeast Asia, China, Australia and New Zealand, Africa, Russia and throughout Europe.
In 2003, Mr. Meier made his full time home in Clearwater, Florida. In 2004, he met Elizabeth Spalding Armistead. They married in 2005, and spent seven happy years together before her death in August of 2011. He was also preceded in death by his brother, Walter Meier and sister, Jeanne Baldwin.
In April of 2012, Mr. Meier relocated to Mt. Pleasant, SC to be near his daughter, Julie.
He is survived by her, her husband Paul Messerschmidt, stepson Steve Spalding (Gwen) of Hermitage, TN, stepdaughter Kay Beasley (Billy) of Gallatin, TN and stepdaughter, Jane Proctor of Gallatin, TN.
Visitation will be held at Foth-Dorfmeyer Mortuary, 3815 Sylvania Avenue, Saturday November 23, at 1 p.m. with Masonic Services conducted at 2 p.m. Funeral Services will follow at 2:30 p.m. Interment Toledo Memorial Park. In gratitude for the loving care given to Mr. Meier, donations may be made in his name to Lutheran Hospice, 1885 Rifle Range Road, Mt. Pleasant, SC 29464.