Funeral services for Steven L. Meier, age 56, of Wisner were Wednesday, September 6th at United Methodist Church of Christ in Wisner. Interment was at the Wisner Cemetery. Minnick Funeral Home in Wisner is in charge of the arrangements.

Steven Louis Meier was born on March 30, 1961, at Wayne to Lester and Judy (Roland) Meier. He passed away on Friday, September 1, 2017, at Faith Regional Health Services in Norfolk. He was baptized and confirmed in the Methodist Church. Steve graduated from Randolph High School in 1979. After graduation, Steve attended Northeast Community College in Norfolk, and graduated from the auto mechanics program.

On March 21, 1981, Steve was united in marriage to Karen Brown at the Methodist Church in Laurel. They moved in 1981 from Norfolk to Wisner, where they were residing.

He worked at the Standard Station and Sinclair in Wisner. In 1984, Steve began his career as an over-the-road truck driver, starting with Nebraska Ag Products, then Don Nielsen and Stalp Ag. In 2000, he decided to get off the road to be with his family. Then going to work for Krusemark Fertilizer Plant, Bellar Feedlots and was currently employed at Krusemark Farms.

In high school, Steve acquired the nickname “Bandit” and that is how most people knew him. He enjoyed fishing and watching NASCAR. He hooked tractors at Thunder By The River Tractor Pull in Wisner for 13 years and also hooked at the Wayne and Dixon County Fairs the last several years. Steve always had a smile and was always willing to help others, and after his death, he was an organ and tissue donor.

Survivors include his wife, Karen Meier of Wisner; daughter, Carmen and Bob Holtz, Blair, and son, Landon; daughter, Stacy Meier and fiancé, Aaron Wilson, O’Neill, and family, Annzlee, Hunter, and Tatum Wilson; parents, Lester and Judy Meier, Belden; brother, Bruce, and Litzie Meier, Belden; sister, Vickie, and Quico Andrade, Norfolk; brothers-in-law, Bob Hamilton, Randolph, and David and Teresa Brown, Wisner; sisters-in-law, Bonnie and Brent Arp, Blair, and Irene and Ken Buse, Wisner; several aunts, uncles, nieces and nephews also survive him.

Steve was preceded in death by his sister, Cindy Hamilton; infant sister, Diana Meier; grandparents, Louis and Edna Meier and Glen and Alice Roland; parents-in-law, Edward and Viola Brown; and a nephew, Drake Adrian.

Obituary courtesy of the Washington County Genealogical Society. Newspaper clipping on file in the Blair Public Library at Blair, Nebraska.