Auburn VFW Post 1741’s oldest member passes away

Paul Myers, a World War II veteran and the oldest VFW Post 1741 member, passed away on Nov. 26 at an Auburn hospital. He was 100 years old.

Paul Myers, a World War II veteran and the oldest VFW Post 1741 member, passed away on Nov. 26 at an Auburn hospital. He was 100 years old.

The Post 1741 celebrated Myers’ birthday in a reunion with family and friends at Auburn’s Parkside Retirement Center on July 11.

Services are noon Monday at Price-Helton Funeral Home, 702 Auburn Way N.

Post 1741 will conduct the VFW chapel ritual with a post honor guard.

Post members, past and present, are welcomed to attend.

Myers, a longtime Auburnite, served as a mechanic who helped maintain the powerful, piston-powered P-47 Thunderbolt fighter as it ran supreme over European skies during WWII.