About Rodney James Meier
Date of Birth: 11/19/1947
Hometown: Zeeland, ND
Rodney was the third of six siblings. He was 17 and had just graduated from Zeeland High School the day before his crash. He was the most likely to continue the family farm operation
Crash Details
Crash Date: 05/30/1965
Crash Location: 6 miles north of Zeeland, ND
Contributing Factors in Crash: Not wearing a helmet, Passenger
Crash Details:
Rodney, another classmate and a first cousin were on their way to a graduation party on a Sunday afternoon the day after graduation. While cresting a hill on a gravel road the driver lost control and the vehicle rolled throwing Rodney out and the vehicle rolled over him. It was early afternoon.