Coleman Meyer

Thank you Coleman for your counsel. Your family knew you as a man of many talents... so did I. You were a mentor in many ways. Your 'life lessons' were many: You taught me mechanics and responsibility for that equipment. You taught me about safety. You taught me the value of welding and its place in upkeep. You taught me about how to manage personnel and about how personal responsibility made that tapestry whole. You taught me about financial responsibility. You taught me about logistics. Even though I was tentative, you even taught me about flying and navigation. I've tapped into those lessons nearly every day of my life. We'll all miss you. I'll miss you and look forward to meeting you on the other side when you say, "Here he comes!" It brings to mind some words of Henry Van Dyke: "I am standing upon the seashore. A ship at my side spreads her white sails to the morning breeze and starts for the blue ocean. She is an object of beauty and strength. I stand and watch her until at length she hangs like a speck of white cloud just where the sea and sky come to mingle with each other. Then someone at my side says: "There, she is gone!" "Gone where?" Gone from my sight. That is all. She is just a large in mast and hull and spar as she was when she left my side and she is just as able to bear the load of living freight to her destined port. Her diminished size is in me, not in her. And just at the moment when someone at my side says: "There, she is gone!" There are other eyes watching her coming, and other voices ready to take up the glad shout: "Here she comes!" Greg Harbac Bozeman, MT