W. Stephen Meloy ’58

Steve died Jan. 23, 2025, in Poland, Ohio. He was 88.

He came from Maumee Country Day in Toledo, Ohio, where he participated in student government, football and tennis. At Princeton, Steve majored in history and joined Tower Club.

While at Michigan Law School, he met Virginia “Ginny” Myers, who was teaching elementary school in Ann Arbor. They married and moved to Poland, Ohio, where they raised three children. Steve joined the Manchester, Bennett law firm in Youngstown, became a senior partner, and later started his own practice.

Steve’s zest for ideas was evident early at Princeton, where friends affectionately dubbed him “the mind.” His enduring passions included history, art, dinghy sailing, Donald Duck, antiques, and travel. An avid reader and book collector, he loved local history and founded the Poland Preservation Society to preserve local historic sites and architecture. He and Ginny restored a Second Empire mansion, which they ran as a bed and breakfast. On its walls he hung his favorite Pennsylvania Impressionist paintings, collected on annual trips to Manhattan, where he bunked in hostels and frequented art auctions.

Steve is survived by Ginny, their three children, and four grandchildren.

The class extends sympathy to them all.