Glenn R.

Meyer

STEELEVILLE – Glenn R. Meyer of Steeleville passed away on Sunday, November 8, 2026, at Mercy Southeast in Cape Girardeau, Missouri.

Glenn was born in Steeleville on May 10, 1936, the son of Rudolph H. and Lilly Ernsting Meyer. He married Carol Simon on June 25, 1960, at Zion Lutheran Church in Batchtown, Illinois. They shared 66 years of marriage.

He was a member of St. Mark’s Lutheran Church in Steeleville, where he was baptized and confirmed. He also served on many of the church boards.

Glenn attended a one-room schoolhouse a mile from home for his first three grades before continuing his education at St. Mark’s Grade School. The first eleven years of his life were spent without electricity and with mud roads. He graduated from Steeleville High School in 1954.

Glenn was a veteran of the United States Army, having served from 1958 until 1964. His first six months were spent on active duty, with the remainder of his service in the Army Reserves.

He was a 4-H leader for 25 years and a substitute rural mail carrier for 12 years. He served on the Steeleville School District #138 Board and the Pork Producers Board, where he received the Superior Pork Award. Glenn also served on the Randolph County Soil and Water Conservation District Board and the Randolph County Farm Bureau Board for 15 years, including five years as president. He served as the District 16 Illinois Farm Bureau Director for 12 years.

Glenn served on the Randolph County Sheriff Merit Board for 30 years and as Vice President of the Illinois Soybean Board. He received the Prairie Farmer Master Farmer Award in 1989. He and his wife, Carol, received the Eagle Award from the Illinois Farm Bureau in 2013. He was also an Extension Master Gardener.

Glenn was a member of BBK American Legion Post #480 in Steeleville. He loved to hunt and bowled for 53 years.

Glenn farmed all of his life. Farming was more than a livelihood to him; it was a way of life. Whether raising livestock, tending row crops, or growing specialty crops, he was always a farmer at heart.

Glenn is survived by his wife, Carol Meyer of Steeleville; two children, Glenn R. Meyer Jr. of Steeleville and Annette (Kelly) Heisdorffer of Utica, Kentucky; grandchildren, Brittany (Chris) Metcalf, John (Hailey) Meyer, Matt Meyer, Katie Rhodes, Juliann Heisdorffer, and Isaac Heisdorffer; and great-grandchildren, Grace Scott, Bristol Metcalf, Henry Metcalf, Finley Meyer, Lochlan Meyer, Ayden Meyer, Ashlynn Copple, Brentlee Copple, Grayson Rhodes, and Bryson Rhodes.

Glenn was preceded in death by his parents; sisters, Dorothy, Rudell, Lois, and Grace; granddaughter, Martina Heisdorffer; and great-granddaughter, Amelia Metcalf.

Funeral services will be held at 1:00 p.m. on Wednesday, November 11, 2026, at St. Mark’s Lutheran Church in Steeleville, with Rev. Mark Harriss officiating. Burial will follow at St. Mark’s Lutheran Cemetery in Steeleville. Visitation will be held at St. Mark’s Lutheran Church from 11:00 a.m. until 1:00 p.m. Wednesday.

Memorials may be made to St. Mark’s Lutheran Church.