Long-Time Brooklyn Park Council Member Dies
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – The longest-serving Brooklyn Park city council member died Sunday morning after being diagnosed with stage-four lung cancer last year, the city said.
Fifty-eight-year-old Jeanette Meyer, a West District Council member, passed away surrounded by family. She had lived in Brooklyn Park for 35 years and had served on the Citizen Long-Range Improvement Committee, the city's Audit Committee and as a liaison to the Brooklyn Historical Society and the North Hennepin Human Services Board of Directors.
She was reelected to her fourth-consecutive term in 2010; she was diagnosed with stage four cancer in March 2011.
A memorial service is currently being planned for out-of-town residents, the city said.
Meyer was married to Terry Gearin, a former West District Council member.
The city says it is currently waiting to hear from state officials about the possibility of a special election designed to fill Meyer's council seat. Meyer's term was set to end in 2015.
