San Joaquin County CA Archives Obituaries.....Mehring, Roy W. October 28, 2005
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The Tracy Press
Roy W. Mehring

Sept. 4, 1917 — Oct. 28, 2005

Graveside services will be Tuesday for World War II veteran Roy W. Mehring, 
88, who died Oct. 28 at his Modesto residence.

Born in Grand Island, Neb., Mr. Mehring moved to Tracy with his parents when 
he was a baby. He attended Tracy High School, where he loved to play football 
and basketball. He lied about his age to get into the U.S. Navy and served as 
a ship’s mechanic until the end of World War II. In 1945, he married his high 
school sweetheart, Mabel.

After the war, Mr. Mehring swept floors at Holly Sugar, where he worked his 
way up to supervisor before retiring in 1982. He also volunteered as a Tracy 
Rural firefighter from 1947 to 1983. He enjoyed woodworking and working with 
his hands, and he built two of his homes. He also loved to watch sports on TV. 
He never remarried after his wife died in 1983. Mr. Mehring moved to Modesto 
in 2004.

Mr. Mehring is survived by his children, Mark Mehring, and his wife, Judy, and 
Nancy Alves, and her husband, Ed, all of Tracy; grandchildren, Clayton Mehring 
and Lisa and Eddie Alves, all of Tracy, Nicholas Mehring of Coral Gables, 
Fla., and Brandi Alger of Oceanside; and great-grandchildren Natasha Mehring 
of Tracy and Ryan Alger of Oceanside.

He was preceded in death by his wife of 44 years, Mabel; parents, Frank and 
Ethel Mehring; and siblings, Clyde and Bertha Mehring.

Tuesday’s graveside services will begin at 11 a.m. at Tracy Cemetery.

Contributions in Mr. Mehring’s name may be sent to Meals on Wheels, 203 S. 
Union St., Alexandria, VA 22314, or www.mowaa.org.

Fry Memorial Chapel is handling arrangements. 

Published on Saturday, November 05, 2005, in the Tracy Press. 


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