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Chipper was a collector of treasures, and a collector of friends. He was an artist, a philosopher, a missionary, and a man with firm testimony of the gospel of Jesus Christ. He showed us how to live because he did it so well.

John “Chipper” Louis Meyer

November 7, 1951 – August 19, 2022
Lived 70 years
Mount Olivet Cemetery · Salt Lake City, Utah
Death is nothing at all. It does not count. I have only slipped away into the next room. Nothing has happened. Everything remains exactly as it was. I am I, and you are you, and the old life that we lived so fondly together is untouched, unchanged. Whatever we were to each other, that we are still. Call me by the old familiar name. Speak of me in the easy way which you always used. Put no difference into your tone. Wear no forced air of solemnity or sorrow. Laugh as we always laughed at the little jokes that we enjoyed together. Play, smile, think of me, pray for me. Let my name be ever the household word that it always was. Let it be spoken without an effort, without the ghost of a shadow upon it. Life means all that it ever meant. It is the same as it ever was. There is absolute and unbroken continuity. What is this death but a negligible accident? Why should I be out of mind because I am out of sight? I am but waiting for you, for an interval, somewhere very near, just round the corner. All is well. Nothing is hurt; nothing is lost. One brief moment and all will be as it was before. How we shall laugh at the trouble of parting when we meet again! Henry Scott Holland.
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1951
Born November 7
1959
John was 8 when Barbie made her debut
1969
John was 18 when "Sesame Street" debuted
1971
John was 20 when Walt Disney World opened in Florida
1982
John was 31 when Michael Jackson released "Thriller"
1997
John was 46 when "Titanic" opened in theaters
2005
John was 54 when the first video was posted to YouTube
2014
John was 63 when the Ice Bucket Challenge went viral
2020
John was 69 when SpaceX launched astronauts into orbit for the first time
2022
Passed away August 19, age 70
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From Abby Hiller

He was a wonderful inspiration in my life. He was my grandpa and the main thing I remember about him was that he was always so proud of all his family. I play the piano, and I wanted to accompany all the children singing at the funeral, so after two days I learned a very difficult song. I remember he always used to sit on the piano bench next to me when I'd play for him, and while I was up in front of everyone, I could feel him sitting next to me, and, even though I was nervous and I made lots of mistakes, the fact that I could tell he was there was the thing that pushed me to finish the song. Even though it wasn't perfect, I know that he's proud of me. I miss him so much, but I'm happy that he's in a better place, one with no pain.

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