Rebecca Sue Meyer

Rebecca Sue Henry (Holly) Meyer, 78, died peacefully on Wednesday, December 27, 2023 at Willow Valley Communities, Lancaster, PA. She was born in Fairmont, WV, the daughter of the late Percy Byron Henry and Rebecca Jacqueline Ridgely. She was a Daughter of the American Revolution, with Patriots on both sides of her family. Sue was a graduate of St. Peter’s High School, Fairmont, WV, and the St. Francis Hospital School of Nursing in Clarksburg. She earned the designation of Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA) at Montefiore Hospital in Pittsburgh, PA. During her career, she worked at major hospitals in San Antonio, Houston and Dallas, Texas, and Jacksonville, FL. She assisted early heart transplant surgeons and served a term as President of the Texas State Association of Nurse Anesthetists. A talented musician, she was also Director of Music and Liturgy at Holy Spirit Catholic Church in Duncanville, TX. Sue suffered from osteogenesis imperfecta (brittle bone disease), an affliction that rendered her hearing impaired in her teens and led to an early retirement from her profession. After a divorce from her first husband, the late Frank Thomas Holly, Jr., she moved to Bel Air, MD, where she met the love of her life, Charles H. (Charlie) Meyer, Jr.; they were married in 1995 and enjoyed 28 years together with a blended family of two sons (Sue) and four daughters (Charlie). Later, the Meyers moved to the Outer Banks of North Carolina, where Sue became director of the Artist Series of the Outer Banks. She loved being near the ocean and volunteered with Coast Guard search and rescue operations. Sue and Charlie then moved north to Lewes, DE, where she was a member of St. Peter’s Episcopal Church and established a parish nursing program that later was expanded to the Delaware diocese. A survivor of ovarian cancer, she was a volunteer at Beebe Medical Center. In 2016, Sue and Charlie joined her sister and brother-in-law at Willow Valley Communities in Lancaster, PA, a 55-and-over life care organization. They enjoyed its many amenities and Sue served on the resident Health Council. Sue was known among family and friends for her ability to form and maintain lifelong relationships, her lively sense of humor, her tendency to break into song at the slightest conversational cue and her expert performance of the Funky Chicken. To everyone’s amazement, in high school she won the Betty Crocker Homemaker of the Year Award (by guessing accurately most of the answers to multiple choice questions); nevertheless, she became an excellent cook, famous for her John Beard pies, triple chocolate brownies and leek casserole. She was a progressive Democrat and a rock-solid fan of the Pittsburgh Steelers. An avid reader, she loved mystery novels and The Week magazine’s news summaries. Upon the death of her stepmother Jane Ash Llewellyn Henry, Sue took over the family prayer ministry and spent time each morning storming heaven on behalf of her long list of family and friends. Besides her husband, Sue is survived by her sons, Matthew Holly (Steven Rowe) of Dallas and Scott Holly (Sandi) of Milford, DE and her granddaughter, Maggie Rose Holly; her sister, Jeanne Henry (Kammer) Neff (Ed) of Willow Street, PA and nephew, Brian Kammer (Meltem Alemdar) of Decatur, GA; stepdaughters, Kelly Meyer Armstrong of Carlisle, PA, Erin Meyer Ettenhofer (Kris) of Whitehall, MD, Tresa Meyer Grasser (Craig) of Fallston, MD, and Megan Meyer Chesser (Todd) of Augusta, GA and “Grands” Jack and Cole Ettenhofer, Benjamin and Allison Grasser, and Aidan and Garrette Chesser. Also surviving are her stepbrother Thomas Llewellyn (Sally) of Las Vegas, niece Amy Llewellyn Reams (Paul) and nephew Joseph Llewellyn (Jenna) and their children. Sue was preceded in death by her stepbrother David Llewellyn and is survived by his daughters Lara Llewellyn Rhodes (Dusty) of Guam and Megan Llewellyn Blanchard (Joseph) of Houston, TX and their children. Donations in Sue’s memory may be made to Hospice & Community Care of Lancaster, 685 Good Drive, Lancaster, PA 17601 or the M.D. Anderson Children’s Cancer Center, Houston, TX. A memorial service will take place at a later date.