Madeline Rachel Meyer

MADELINE RACHEL DEARISO MEYER WAS BORN ON APRIL 24, 1940 IN MIAMI, FLORIDA TO HENRY EDWARD DEARISO AND MARY ELIZABETH BYRAM DEARISO. SHE WAS AN ONLY CHILD. SHE WAS RAISED BETWEEN FLORIDA AND GEORGIA AS HER DAD WAS A CARPENTER AND OFTEN MOVED FOR HIS WORK.

SHE MARRIED HER HIGH SCHOOL SWEETHEART IN 1957, WILEY (JR) RICHARD CLINE IN MIAMI FL. THEY HAD 3 CHILDREN, TOBY, TAMY AND BEVERLY. THEY WERE DIVORCED IN 1965. SHE THEN MET AND MARRIED WILLIAM MEYER FROM KANSAS WHO WAS HER BOSS AT HER JOB WITH THE FORUM CAFETERIA. THEY WERE MARRIED IN MIAMI FL IN 1967. THEY HAD ONE CHILD TOGETHER, TINA.

SHE GAVE HER LIFE TO CHRIST IN 1972 AND THEN SHE AND WILLIAM AND TINA MOVED TO KANSAS IN 1974, WORKING TO GET BACK CLOSER TO THE CHURCH OF GOD OF THE FIRSTBORN AND WM ACCEPTING A JOB IN HESSTON KS AS MANAGER OF THE RESTAURANT THE COLONIAL HOUSE. THEY MOVED TO NEWTON SOON AFTER AND WM BEGAN A CAREER AS A MEAT CUTTER AT GILLESPIE’S MARKET. HER HUSBAND WM SOON BECAME SUNDAY SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT AT CHURCH, THEN DEACON AND IN 1986 BECAME ORDAINED AS THE MINISTER OF THE NEWTON CHURCH AT THE CHURCH OF GOD OF THE FIRSTBORN, WHICH MADE HER A PASTOR’S WIFE. SHE AND WM USED THEIR RESTAURANT EXPERIENCE AND MANAGED THE CHURCH KITCHEN DURING THE ANNUAL CONVENTIONS EACH SEPTEMBER FOR OVER 30 YEARS. SHE LOVED WORKING AT THE CHURCH AND IN THE KITCHEN. DURING THE YEAR SHE HELPED HER HUSBAND MOW YARDS, AND ESPECIALLY ENJOYED MOWING THE BACK FIELD AT THE CHURCH. SHE ALSO CLEANED HOUSES AND WORKED AS AN ATTENDANT AT OCH’S DRY CLEANERS. SHE LOVED TO COOK AND KEEP THINGS CLEAN. SHE LOVED MUSIC AND SINGING. SHE LOVED HER LIFE IN CHRIST AND WORKING AT THE CHURCH AND FELLOWSHIPPING WITH HER CHURCH FAMILY.

ALMOST EVERY YEAR SHE WOULD TRAVEL TO FLORIDA TO VISIT HER OLDER CHILDREN. SHE AND HER HUSBAND WM ALSO TRAVELLED WITH THE CHURCH ALL OVER THE US AND MEXICO FOR OVER 30 YEARS.

SHE LOVED HER CATS AND HAD MANY THROUGHOUT HER LIFETIME. SHE WAS ACTIVE ON FACEBOOK AND TEXTS, SHARING HER LOVE OF CHRIST AND WITNESSED TO ALL SHE COULD, ONLINE AND EVERYWHERE SHE WENT.

SHE WENT TO BE WITH THE LORD AT THE AGE OF 85 ON NOV 18, 2025 AFTER BATTLING VARIOUS HEALTH ISSUES. SHE IS SURVIVED BY HER CHILDREN, TOBY CLINE AND HIS WIFE DEBBIE OF FL, TAMY CLINE BELLIS AND HER HUSBAND TIM BELLIS OF FL, BEVERLY CLINE SLAGER AND HER HUSBAND JIM OF FL, AND TINA MEYER OF NEWTON KS (AND HER CATS DIXIE AND LOUIE), HER GRANDCHILDREN ALEX CLINE, BENNY BROWN, BRIANA BANOS AND GREAT GRANDSON EVAN CLINE.

SHE WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HER HUSBAND, WILLIAM MEYER, PARENTS HENRY AND MARY DEARISO, SISTERS IN LAW CINDY MEYER AND PAULA GARMS, BRO’S IN LAW CAMERON ROATCH AND KENNETH MEYER, NEPHEW JEFF WHEELER, FIRST HUSBAND WILEY JR CLINE AND PARENTS IN LAW BILL AND ALVINA MEYER.

VISITAITON IS AT PETERSEN FUNERAL HOME FROM 5-9P.M. MONDAY THE 24TH. FUNERAL SERVICES WILL BE AT THE CHURCH OF GOD OF THE FIRSTBORN IN NEWTON KS ON TUE NOV 25 AT 10AM, PASTORS PETE ETTERMAN AND JOEL RAMIREZ OFFICIATING.

IN LIEU OF FLOWERS OR PLANTS, SHE WISHED FOR DONATIONS BE MADE FOR EXPENSES C/O TINA MEYER TO THE FUNERAL HOME. A PERCENT OF THE DONATIONS WILL GO THE CHURCH.