Obituary of Ronald R. Meyers

Ronald Richard Meyers died in the early hours of October, 9, 2025. He was 83 years old. The son of Sam and Tilly Meyers, older brother to Stephen Meyers, husband to Elsa Meyers, father of Seth and Daniel Meyers, and grandfather of Ben, Miranda, and Margeaux. 

Ron was born May 31, 1942 in New York City. He ran the streets of Brooklyn while skipping Hebrew School like any mischievous young Jewish kid would. He went to Stuyvesant High School, then went to City College where he became an electrical engineer and met his beloved wife, Elsa. In 1969, they bought a home in South Orange, New Jersey to raise their two sons and live out the American Dream. They both lived there until the day they died, which is exactly how they wanted it to be.  

Both Elsa and Ron loved living in South Orange. Their home became the center of all family gatherings with sons and later grandchildren running into the famous “glen” and creek behind their home for decades. We will all remember those days with a smile. 

Electric car and Ophthalmology 

Ron was an inventor. He created an electric car way before the major car companies could even conceive of it. Elsa would take their sons to school in it! He also developed and built early optometry diagnostic tools which modern equipment is based off of, and a treatment to reduce lazy eye. 

Ron began his career as a professor at the College of Staten Island where he left a mark on many graduating classes. He took advantage of summers off and explored our beautiful country with his wife and children during these times. He later founded Meyers Home Inspections which his son, Dan, later took over and continues to own and operate today. 

He was a loving man who at the heart of it all, lived for his family. He was a man of many opinions, and he would share them (whether we wanted to hear them or not). His home was filled with framed photographs he took throughout the years on his travels, and of his grandchildren of whom he was very proud. We will have many beautiful memories of how he saw the world. 

The end of his life was difficult, marred by Advanced Parkinson’s and a major stroke. He struggled, but always made himself comfortable through his inventive mind and use of technology. His home became full of contraptions and adjustments that he initiated to make everything accessible. We should all have his foresight and ingenuity! 

Thank you to his caregivers and doctors and our friends for helping to care for him in his final years when his disease progressed. His generational legacy will live on, and we will always carry a piece of him with us. Zichrono Livracha. May his memory be a blessing. 

Burial will be private.