Teresa Marie Meyer

Teresa Marie Meyer was born MA 11 1976 to Cliff and Kathy (Hines) Meyer in Grinnell Iowa. She passed away on July 14 2023 in her home in Vancouver, WA. Teresa grew up in Grinnell participating in the summer and winter swim teams, attending dance classes, playing softball, running track, cheerleading, swimming on the high school team, and dancing with the Tiger Paw dance team. In 1992 the family relocated to Jackson Tn. She attended Jackson Central Merry High school where she ran track and was on a swim team. Teresa graduated in 1994, and went to the University of Tennessee for her freshman year. She then did the college program for Disney in Orlando for a semester, returning to College for one more semester. Disney contacted her and offered her a full time job in the summer of 1996 at the Disney Studios in Orlando, so naturally off she went and remained for 3 years. While there she participated in parades, danced in shows, and portrayed characters. Her favorite character was Cruella Deville. She operated the puppet Sebastian in the Little Mermaid Show. She was the first female to accomplish this feat. She was then offered a job as a magician assistant on a cruise ship in Tahiti for 6 months. Upon her return she went to Europe for 3 months visiting Italy, Austria and Switzerland. In August of 2000 she was hired as a flight attendant with Northwest Airlink. She worked primarily out of Memphis and then transferred to Minneapolis. She ended her airline career in 2009. In August 2007 she married and in June 2009 her son, Evan DeMott, was born and became the love of her life. She divorced in 2011. She attended Clark Community College and received an associate degree. She went on to attend Washington State University and graduated 2018 with her bachelor degree. In 2019 she started her career with Amazon and was still employed there at the time of her death. She made many friends there and was "Momma T" to many. Her favorite hobbies were plants and she had many! Lawn maintenance was her joy. Facebook was a favorite past time for keeping touch with friends in the US and abroad. She is survived by her son Evan of Vancouver, Wa, her parents of Mansfield, TX, a brother Jeremy (Tina), nephew Gray and niece Stella of Mansfield, TX and brother Jon of Vancouver, WA. She was preceded in death by her grandparents, Cliff and Harriet Meyer and Larry and Jennie Hines all of Grinnell, Iowa.

Teresa Marie Meyer

May 11, 1976 - July 14, 2023