Waltha Marie Meischke

Waltha Marie (Byer) Meischke Passed peacefully on August 20, 2010. Waltha was born to Walter and Elise Byer on April 25, 1925 at their home on Franklin Road in Yuba City. Waltha graduated from Sutter High School, and married her husband of 66 years, Paul Meischke, on April 7, 1944. She helped Paul finish his education at Montana University following World War II and made warm and happy homes for the family in the U. S. Forest Service in California, including the Mendocino, Sequoia, Kings Canyon and Trinity National Forests. After Paul retired, they moved to California Hot Springs. She never officially retired, but instead helped run a shower unit for the Forest Service, giving clean towels and acts of kindness to fire fighters throughout the western U. S. She taught children at the California Hot Springs Elementary School for many years and was active in the California Hot Springs community. Waltha is survived by her husband, sons, Michael (Tom) and Steven (Lori), daughter Kris Peeples (David), her devoted granddaughter Leslie Meischke and new grandson Benjamin Maravilla; bothers and sisters: Bro, Babe, Bill, Cathy O'Shea and Bunny Parcher and many nieces and nephews. A memorial will be held September 18 at the Native Daughters of the Golden West Hall, 7393 Lyon Street, Sutter, California, beginning at 11 a.m. Send Condolences to www.appealdemocrat.com