John William Vanmeter

Mr. VanMeter died Wednesday May 21, 2008 at his home.

He was born on October 3, 1925 in Henryville, IN the son of Thomas and Georgia McKnight Van Meter. He was a retired welder for the Logan Company in Louisville. A member of the north Charlestown Church of God, V.F.W Post 1427 and was a U.S. Army veteran of WW II.

Survivors include his wife, Roberta Abbott VanMeter; daughters, Patricia Smith and Sheila VanMeter both of Charlestown, Shirley Kizer, Nabb and Paula Gill, Marysville; son, Larry VanMeter, Charlestown; step-son, Robert E. Vest, Jeffersonville; sisters Mary Walden, Charlestown and Nancy VanMeter, Madison, IN; twelve grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.