John Meysenburg

John Meysenburg lived in Columbus, Ohio, and is part of the community’s memory. Public records preserved by state and local law‑enforcement archives identify his death in Columbus on April 19, 1984. Although a full published obituary or family‑authorized memorial matching that exact date was not found in accessible obituary archives, the record of his passing remains on the state’s Unsolved Homicides list maintained by the Ohio Attorney General’s office.

Because available public sources do not provide a contemporary family obituary or detailed personal biography, what can be respectfully said is necessarily restrained: John was a real person who belonged to a place and to other people. He lived in Columbus and his death on April 19, 1984 is part of the public record. That record reminds us that behind every line in a file is a life with family, friends, routines, and small daily meanings that do not appear in official listings.

This remembrance honors John by acknowledging him by name, location, and date — details verified in official cold‑case listings — and by recognizing the gap in the public obituary record as a reminder of the many private stories that sit beyond public archives. Those who knew John best — family, friends, neighbors — hold the fuller memories that public sources do not capture. If anyone has family‑authorized remembrances, photographs, or additional factual details they wish to share for a memorial page, those contributions would help paint a fuller picture of his life and the people who loved him.