Father Herbert J. Meyr, 85, died Dec. 22. He was the former pastor of St. James Parish, Maywood.

Born in Chicago, Father Meyr attended Quigley Preparatory Seminary and the University of St. Mary of the Lake/Mundelein Seminary before being ordained in 1960.

He served as assistant pastor at St. Teresa of Avila, St. James (Wabash Avenue) and St. Anne (Garfield Boulevard). He was pastor of St. Francis de Paula (1971-1988) and St. James, Maywood (1988-2006).

Father Louis J. Zake, retired archdiocesan priest, remembered his classmate as a “phenomenal priest, a great pastor always concerned for his people.”