By DRF.com
LODI, Calif. (June 30, 2023) — A funeral service will be held on July 11 at St. John’s Episcopal Church in Lodi, Calif., for state steward William Meyers, who died from health complications on June 10.
The service will begin at 11 a.m. The church is located at 1055 South Lower Sacramento Road. In lieu of flowers, a donation to the Racetrack Chaplaincy is requested.
Meyers was 69. He was a racing official in California for more than 40 years and worked as recently as earlier this year at Golden Gate Fields.
Will came from a racing family. His father was a steward and racing secretary.
“Naturally, I started working with horses myself,” he once said. “When I was a boy we lived in Arcadia, then Coronado, and on weekends I would go down to Caliente to groom and pony horses. Later, I worked as a stewards’ aide in Stockton, Sacramento, and Ferndale.”
Will rose through the ranks of racing officials and became a steward in 1984. He was part of the steward rotation in California until February in advance of a heart operation. He served at many of the major tracks and fair meets.
He is survived by his wife, Margaret, three children, and two grandchildren.