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Wyo. Capitol flags lowered to honor Joe Meyer
AP
FILE - In this Monday, April 12, 2010 picture, state Treasurer Joe Meyer listens to reporters after announcing his plans to run for another term in Cheyenne, Wyo. Meyer said in an interview a few months before his death that he learned the value of hard work early in life. The 71-year-old Meyer died Saturday in Cheyenne. AP Photo/Wyoming Tribune Eagle, Jerret Raffety, File.)
Posted 10/8/12
Flags at the Wyoming State Capitol are lowered in honor of Wyoming treasurer Joe Meyer.
The veteran Republican politician died Saturday at the age of 71 after battling lung cancer and a lengthy illness.
He served as state treasurer since 2008 and was re-elected in 2010 after running unopposed. He was first elected to state office as Wyoming secretary of state in 1999. He also was Wyoming’s attorney general from 1987 to 1995.
Gov. Matt Mead said Meyer will be remembered for “his wisdom and his wit.” Friend and former college roommate Dick Cheney said he knew of no one who knew more about the workings of state government” than Meyer.
Funeral arrangements are pending.