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Clarice Sylvia Arbetter MEER

1915 - 2015

Clarice Sylvia Arbetter MEER obituary, 1915-2015, Dallas, TX

BORN

1915

DIED

2015

Clarice MEER Obituary

MEER (Arbetter),
Clarice Sylvia
Clarice Sylvia Arbetter Meer, age 100, a longtime resident of Dallas, Texas, passed away on August 15, 2015, in Austin, Texas. She was born July 14, 1915, in San Antonio, Texas, to Carrie Morrison Arbetter and Isador Arbetter. Clarice graduated from Thomas Jefferson High School and Incarnate Word College in San Antonio. Upon her marriage to Julian Milton Meer on October 1, 1940, she moved to Washington, DC, Philadelphia, and, in 1947, to Dallas, where Clarice was a member of Temple Emanu-El for over sixty years. She owned and operated Town and Country Preschool and Kindergarten for twenty five years. Clarice was an accomplished artist, whose paintings are displayed on the walls of many family members and friends. Clarice received recognition for her twenty years as a volunteer serving the children of the Dallas Public Schools. Most of all, Clarice loved and enjoyed her family, as a devoted mother, grandmother, great grandmother, sister, and aunt. She was preceded in death by her husband; her parents; two brothers, Milton Arbetter and Louis Arbetter, of San Antonio; and three sisters, Alleene Arbetter, Eleanor Arbetter Rosson and Rolla Arbetter Raffkind, of San Antonio. Clarice is survived by her daughters and son-in-laws, Janice Meer and Michael Bodo of Silver Spring, Maryland, and Jeralyn (Jeri) and John Muhich of Austin; her grandchildren, Therese Groves, Katherine Johnston, Elise Howard-Luce, Jimmy Muhich and Andrew Muhich; her great grandchildren, Ely Johnston, Kade Howard, Wyatt Johnston, Mack Howard, Lily Cotter, Lizzy Pelkey, and Ellie Muhich; nephews Barry Rosson, James Rosson, Jerry Rosson, Jay Arbetter, Bob Arbetter, Ronnie Arbetter; and nieces, Ilene Arbetter, Gail Arbetter, Cathy Raffkind Wagner and Susan Raffkind Manning. Clarice's memory is a blessing to all who loved her. Contributions may be donated in her name to a charitable or religious organization of choice. Graveside service: Temple Emanu-El Cemetery, 11:00 am, Tuesday, August 18, 2015, 3440 Howell St., Dallas, Texas.

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Published by Austin American-Statesman from Aug. 18 to Aug. 19, 2015.

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Jeri Muhich

July 14, 2025

Happy Heavenly Birthday mom. I can't believe it's already been 10 years since we lost you. Thank you for being such a wonderful role model for me. I love and miss you.

Jeralyn (Jeri)

November 28, 2015

This was my first Thanksgiving without you. I feel a sweet sadness - sweet because I know you are in heavenly joy and sad because I am not with you. Your passing brought closeness with other family members which I know fills you with happiness. Thankful that you were my mother. Give Daddy a hug for me. I miss him too.

Gail Arbetter

November 27, 2015

I really miss you Clarice. I miss your sweetness and warmth and love. I hope you are very happy and at peace. Thank you for all of your love. Gail Arbetter

Janice Meer

September 9, 2015

Dearest Mama,
Now, over three weeks into my period of mourning, I feel a deep loneliness within, even as I'm surrounded by the love and support of family and friends. This is the kind of loneliness expressed in the spiritual: "Sometimes I feel like a motherless child....a long way from home." Now I understand the loss of the primal attachment, the attachment you expressed when you asserted your primacy over me as a child, when you said, "You are MINE." I fought your possessiveness as a child, adolescent and an adult. But now that you are gone from this world, I see that by trying to tether me to you, you gave me an anchor. Now, I'm a boat adrift on a wide sea, unmoored. Today, I'm flooded with memories of you but have yet to create anchors of memory to sustain me as I live the rest of my life as a motherless child, a long way from home.
Love, Janice

Clarice's daughter, Janice, Sept 3, 2015

Janice Meer

September 3, 2015

Dearest Mama,
We held a Memorial Service for you Sunday evening and were blessed by the support of friends, neighbors and colleagues from the communities we are part of here in the D.C.area--our congregation, our condo association, our Hungarian friends, colleagues from work, my choir. Your paintings were the source of much discussion and pleasure. I still feel your spirit around me, but my sense now is of you detaching from the physical world, probably a sign of me beginning to let you go. I love having a space where I can post such thoughts as I try to grasp what it means to be an orphan. I used to tell you, "I'm not ready to be an orphan." Is anyone ever ready to be without parents? Now, I have frequent flashes of memories of you and my father, Julian. How long does it take for a spirit to leave the world? Does a spirit come and go? From where? The big questions. I'm thinking about them a lot since your physical body was put to rest. I doubt if anyone will read this record of my grieving, but I'm happy to have a place for it.
Love, Janice

Smiles and Hugs

Jeri Muhich

August 30, 2015

Clarice Meer with her painting "Sedona"

Janice Meer

August 29, 2015

Mama,
Today marks two weeks since you passed away. I've been preparing my house for a Memorial Service we're having for you tomorrow. My home is full of your paintings, rugs, furnishings. My heart is filled with cherished memories of you and our family. Thank you for the friendship we shared during the last years of your life, when we came to know each other as women, and I learned to understand you, to 'get' you, and I feel that you, too, knew me, as the person I became in later life.

Love, Janice

"Flowers in Provence", a painting by Clarice Meer (1915-2015)

Janice Meer

August 28, 2015

Janice Meer

August 28, 2015

Dearest Mama, I've been thinking of you every day and posting photos of your beautiful art work on my Facebook page. I believe I got to know you best through the portal of your art. You gave me my appreciation for beauty.
Love, Janice

Gail Weiss

August 24, 2015

Condolences to Janice and Jeri. You were wonderful daughters, caring for your mother and making her last years enjoyable and meaningful. David and I met Clarice once, in Austin. We had a wonderful lunch with her. She was a very special person!

Mary Lewis

August 24, 2015

Jeri, I am so sorry for your lost. Your Mom was so fantastic!!!. I live in Killeen, Texas. This is Mary B Lewis. The front desk at the Summit. She's looking over you and your family. Her spirit lives within each of you. May you find comfort knowing God has taken a wonderful Angel. Amen

Cathy Wagner

August 24, 2015

Aunt Clarice, We will always have wonderful memories of our days growing up. You will be in my heart forever. Give my love to Uncle Julian and my parents when you see them.

Janice Meer

August 23, 2015

Mama, today as I reflect on forgiveness in preparation for the high holy days, I thank you for the blessing of forgiveness that you expressed in the letter we read at your funeral. Memories of you will grow only stronger in the years to come. Now you live in our hearts.

Gail Arbetter

August 23, 2015

Clarice, even though you are not physically with us, your spirit and light still shine brightly. Thank you for being such a wonderful aunt and for being here for your beloved family for so long.

Jeri Muhich

August 22, 2015

One week ago today. The grief is not as intense but I still do not feel "normal" and I carry a dull sadness inside. Only had one wave of tears so far today, so each day is better. Miss you Mom.

Clarice

Janice Meer

August 22, 2015

Janice Meer

August 22, 2015

August 22, 2015. Mama, you left us a week ago today, so the shiva candle no longer burns. Still, I hear your voice in my mind and feel your spirit in my heart, intimations that grow stronger every passing day.
--Love, Janice
August 22, 2014

Catherine carr

August 21, 2015

God bless you and yours, Jeri. The loss of a mother's never easy, no matter when.

Katherine Burson

August 21, 2015

Jeri, I am very sorry for your loss. It was so apparent in the way you spoke of your mother that you loved and admired her very much. My prayers are with you and your family as you go through this process. I love that you put both pictures of her up. She has the same sweet smile in her elder years that she had in her youth! A live well lived!

August 21, 2015

Jeri - I can see the source of your beauty and generous heart. You loved your mother so well. She ran her race well and left a rich legacy in her children.

Mandi Battaglia Seiler

August 21, 2015

May the memories of your mother comfort you and your family at this time Jeri. Love, Mandi, Jeff & Family

Jeri Muhich

August 21, 2015

I still can't quite get my mind around the fact that she is gone. My grief is powerful and deep. It brings me joy to believe that she is now reunited with all those who have gone before her whom she loved and missed so much.

Julian Meer

Janice Meer

August 20, 2015

August 20, 2015

Clarice

Clarice with daughters, Jeri (left) and Janice

August 20, 2015

Clarice

August 20, 2015

Mary B Lewis

August 20, 2015

I am so very sorry for your lost. Mrs,Meer was awesome lady. I truly miss her smile. May she rest in peace.

Janice Meer

August 20, 2015

To my mother:
I'm grateful to have had you in my life as long as I did. We spent a lot of time together in the past twenty years.

Janice

Janice Meer

August 20, 2015

I will love you and think of you every day so long as I live. Your memory is for a blessing for me and our family.

Ilene Arbetter

August 19, 2015

Aunt Clarice,
You will always be in my heart.

August 18, 2015

Losing a loved one is never easy. May the love of God and friends give your family solace and peace during your time of great sorrow.

Therese & Jay Groves

August 18, 2015

Dear Grandmother: May your spirit live on knowing you have given something good to this world and may you rest in peace knowing that our love will always be with you.

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