Memorial services for 74-year old Sam Meller of Gordon, NE, are Sat, April 13, 2024, at 11:00 am at Chamberlain-Pier Funeral Home in Gordon.
Inurnment will be at a later date.
Online condolences may be left at www.chamberlainchapel.com
Sam Meller was born Sept 7, 1949, in Perryton, TX, and died Tuesday, March 12, 2024, at Gordon Memorial Hospital.
Sam, his parents, sister Bev and brother Andy moved to Nebraska when Sam was a young boy. He married Deborah Strodtman on July 9, 1968, and to this union a daughter Missy and son John were born.
Sam enjoyed fishing, camping, pool league, car racing and lawn mow racing. He never knew a stranger and was always willing to help anyone. He could fix almost anything, or he would build something to make it work.
Sam had many jobs in his life. While going to school he worked as a greenskeeper for the Scottsbluff Country Club, and also at a body shop until Rudy Stanko moved him to Gordon to be head of maintenance for the packing plant, truck stop and rendering plant.
Sam also worked at GSN Machine shop, Gordon Memorial Hospital, Bomgars, and Modern Farm Equipment – where he was still working at the time of his death.
He is survived by his wife of 55 years, Deborah, daughter Missy York and husband Lloyd, grandchildren Regina Zlomke Lemburg and husband Jason, grandson Raymond Zlomke, step-grandchildren Angel York-Hill, Lee York, Areclia “RC” York-Moralla, 15 great grandchildren and 3 great-great grandchildren.
Sam was preceded by his son John, his parents John and Edna Meller, his father and mother-in-law Raymond and Jean Strodtman.
Honorary pallbearers are Raymond Zlomke, Trendon Zlomke, Landon Zlomke, Aden Lemburg, Lee York, Steven Zlomke, and his family and friends.
Chamberlain-Pier Funeral Home in Gordon is in charge of arrangements for Sam Meller