Edgar LaVar Meacham

BURLEY – Edgar LaVar Meacham, age 84, of San Diego, Ca., and formerly of Burley, died Thursday, Jan. 16, 2014, at Vi at La Jolla Village in San Diego.

He was born Jan. 17, 1929, in Burley, Idaho, and grew up there. He was the son of Francis Edgar Meacham and Ethel Fearnley Meacham. His siblings are, Luana, Elese and Eldred (both died in infancy), and Merese. He served a mission in the Central Atlantic Mission in North Carolina for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, leaving in January 1949 and serving for two years. When he returned, he joined the United States Air Force and was stationed in England for three years. He attended Brigham Young University, graduating with a business education degree and taught business education in a high school. He then changed professions and worked at Lockheed Air Craft in Los Angeles, Calif. He lived in Los Angeles and then Palm Springs, Calif. for many years and then retired and spent his last years in a retirement center in San Diego, Calif. He never married.

His is survived by his older sister, Luana Meacham Barrett; and ten of her 11 children, JoAnn and Gary Gray of Fair Oaks, Calif., Bill (deceased) and Anne Barrett of Irvine, Calif., Barbara and Keith Damon of Park City, Utah, Terry and Kay Barrett of Oakdale, Calif., Dennis Barrett of Puxico, Mo., Karen and Joe Gonzales of West Sacramento, Calif., Lynda and Mark Jansson of Elk Grove, Calif., Royce and Terry Barrett of Redding, Calif., Marva and Blake Lulloff of Santa Maria, Calif., Byron and Lori Barrett of Burley, Idaho, and Joe and Sue Barrett of Malta, Idaho. He is also survived by a brother-in-law, Arriel Green and Merese (deceased) of Pleasant Grove, Utah, and their children, Larry and Guen Green of Twin Falls, Idaho, Peggy and Allan Whittekiend of Wendell, Idaho, Lynn and Emma Green of Caldwell, Idaho, Patty (deceased), Penny and Harlo Park of Pleasant Grove, Utah, and Lonnie Green of Cedar Hills, Utah.

Ed had a great sense of humor and entertained his family with interesting stories. He was an accomplished pianist and his family always enjoyed hearing him play. One of his favorite pieces was “Flight of the Bumble Bee.” He was loved by many and will be greatly missed.

A graveside service with military honors will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 28, at Gem Memorial Gardens, 2435 Overland Ave., in Burley.

Friends and family may call from 1 until 1:45 p.m. Tuesday (prior to the graveside service) at the Rasmussen Funeral Home, 1350 E. 16th St., in Burley.