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On May 31, 2024, Harold Truman Myers, Jr. passed away from injuries sustained from a motor vehicle accident. He was 73 years old, having been born on December 29, 1950.  He was the second of five children of Harold and Ramona (Balzum) Myers. As an infant he was baptized at Green Meadow Church and confirmed at Zion Lutheran Church in 8th grade.

While in high school, Harold (known to many as Junior or Weed or the occasional Hal) worked a number of jobs to make some money including hoeing beets, mowing lawns, and working for area farmers and one of Ada's grocery stores. During those early years he enjoyed visiting with the neighbor, Howard Goddeke, who taught Harold and other neighborhood boys about small motors. Goddeke's garage became a regular hangout.

By 1968 Harold graduated from Ada High School having already signed up to join the U.S. Army. He began his active duty that September and began training as a paratrooper in the 173rd Airborne Division.   He served in the Vietnam War as a clerk after it was determined that he had very good office skills. Those who know how good he was at organizing won't be surprised by this. In fact, at one point before he went to Vietnam, he was honored by being named Soldier of the Month. Harold was then asked to type up his own commendation by his superior after the guy previously put in charge of doing so kept messing up.

Before going to Vietnam, but while on leave in the service, Harold started dating Karen Bredman, also of Ada. When Harold finished his military service—he was discharged in May of 1971—he began work at the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis repairing and maintaining coin machines while Karen finished up her registered nursing degree at Fairview Hospital. The two married on October 21, 1972. They eventually settled in Richfield and had three children. While in the Twin Cities, Harold also worked for the U.S. Post Office and continued to work for the Post Office after moving the family to Frontier, ND, south of Fargo.

In later years, Harold worked for Mahnomen's Shooting Star Casino repairing and maintaining slot machines. He also saved up his vacation time and used it to work for area farmers during beet harvest.

Over the years Harold had various interests. One of those interests was that he'd loved the aquarium that he'd had in his home in Richfield. He also loved metal detecting and while doing so even found some coins that he added to his coin collection. He enjoyed lawn work and was very meticulous about it. In fact, Harold took such great pride in his work that he was kind enough to mow his neighbors' lawns in Ada whenever he felt he could complete them in a more timely and presentable manner. One of his previous young, healthy neighbors once shared, "I just let him do it now."

Harold is preceded in death by his father, Harold Myers, Sr.; brothers, Keith Myers and Bruce Myers; brother-in-law, Fred Jamison; sister-in-law, Melodie (Rietze) Myers; a niece, Angela Myers, and a niece's husband, Kenneth Brown.

He is survived by his mother, Ramona (Don) Skaurud; his former spouse, Karen Busche; his children, Michael (Shonna) Myers, Steven Myers, and Rebecca Myers; a grandchild, Anya Myers; a sister, Gwendolyn Jamison; a brother, Kelly (Lisa) Myers; a sister-in-law, Paula (Kelly) Zimmerman, and many nieces and nephews, and great nieces and nephews.

Memorial Service: 2:00 PM, Tuesday, June 11, 2024 at Zion Lutheran Church, Ada, MN.

Visitation: One hour before the memorial service at the church.

Inurnment with full military rites: Ada Municipal Cemetery, Ada, MN.

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