David Merker Obituary
MINERVA - David E. Merker, aged 74, known as Dave by his friends and family, passed away peacefully on Friday, August 9, 2024, at the Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio. He was born June 11, 1950, in Dayton, Ohio to the late Ludwig William and Oma Garnet Merker.
Following his graduation from Belmont High School in 1968, he honorably served six years in the U.S. Navy's nuclear missile submarine force on the U.S.S. Stonewall Jackson (SSBN-634). Completing his service in 1976, he returned to Ohio and lived near Minerva, Ohio for the remainder of his long and happy life.
Dave married his beloved wife, Ann of East Rochester, Ohio in Saratoga Springs, New York in 1971. He worked for 45 years in heavy industry for multiple companies, most recently as an engineering manager and consultant at East End Welding in Kent, Ohio from which he retired in 2021. Following retirement, he continued to meet his former East End co-workers and friends for golf every Wednesday, a weekly

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