William L "Bill" Myers, 88, Fellsmere, FL originally from Mattoon, IL.  Bill passed peacefully on Sunday, May 10 ^th , 2020.  He joins his wife Rosemary "Rosie" (Prahl) Myers of 61 years of marriage and his  daughter Melinda "Lyn" (Myers) Smith, as well as his parents Evelyn (Hardin) & J Nelson Myers and sister Marilyn Myers.

He is survived by his sister Patricia (Newell) Lechifflard of Vero Beach, children David N Myers of Mattoon IL , daughters Lisa G Myers and Billi Rose (Myers) &"Bob" Ramsey both of Vero Beach, FL including  twelve grandchildren, eleven great-grandchildren, and a special friend Mary Frances Sipes.

Bill served in the United States Army National Guard and was a trained medic.

He was a certified semi truck driver for many years, then worked 27 years at Piper Aircraft, volunteered on IRC Sheriff's Dept Auxiliary, and served 10 years as a Corrections Officer where he was deemed a Hero for saving an inmates life. He served under the 4 different Sheriffs in his time there.

His hobbies included making people laugh at every turn.  He loved his family, airboats, and was one of the founding members of the Indian River County Airboat Assn.  He was an avid handyman and was able to do just about anything.  He built his own home with the help of his son and many awesome friends.

In these latter years he enjoyed helping others, sipping coffee and socializing at Café Latte Da in Sebastian and keeping a smile on as many faces as possible.  One of his best jokes was how he spent 10 years in jail… LOL

He was an awesome son, brother, uncle, husband, father, father-in-law, grandfather, great grandfather, and friend.  He will be sorely missed by his family, and friends.

With no particular agenda due to Covid19,VFW of Mattoon will provide a 21 gun salute at 2:00pm at Humboldt Township Cemetery (SE Corner) on Sunday, June 28th- where he will join his dad J. Nelson Myers.

Family can be reached at 217-218-8815.