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Chapel services will be held Thursday, January 4th, at 10:00 a.m., Hillcrest Mortuary for Fanny Meek of Lamont. Viewing will be at Hillcrest on Wednesday, January 3, 2007, from 4:00 to 8:00 p.m.
Fanny was born in Tuttle, Oklahoma and passed away Saturday morning, exactly one month short of her 89th birthday.
She lost her loving husband C L Meek of 69 years just two years ago.
Fanny is survived by her three children, Calvin and wife, Clara Meek of Lamont, Uzella Harrison of Clearlake, and Darline and husband, Gary Banister of Morgan Hill. There are nine grandchildren; nine great-grandchildren; and three great-great-granddaughters.
Her parents emigrated from Czechoslovakia in 1905 and homesteaded in Oklahoma.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Frank and Marie Juricek; brothers, Frank of Spokane and Albert of Turlock; sisters, Marie of Marlow, OK and Anna of Modesto; three granddaughters, Cheryl, Mackenzie, and Stephanie, her husband, C L; and her son-in-law, Carl of Clear Lake.
Fanny grew up in the post WWI years in Oklahoma, attended school during the 20's, successfully farmed during the late 20's, and struggled through the drought of the Dust Bowl. After years of trying, both the Meek and Juricek families lost their farms.
Fanny married in 1935 and two years later moved to California in a '29 Ford with her husband and two children. Also accompanying them was Roberta, C L's sister and husband, Robert, plus all of both families' belongings.
Through her strong religious faith and hard work, she helped raise her family and was the glue that held the various parts together. Her first California house was a tent/cabin in the "government camp" south of Lamont. She picked cotton, cut seed potatoes, and picked tomatoes and cherries.
She was always an active leader in her church. She touched many lives as a Sunday School teacher for over 40 years. She was also church secretary, treasurer, mission's director, Women's Auxiliary President and much more. She was Arvin High PTA President, active in the Lamont Women's Club, State President for Pentecostal Youth, several times a delegate to National Church Conference and always found time and means to take the young people on local and national trips for Christ.
In addition, she was a mother, homemaker, and bookkeeper for the family construction company.
Fanny's father had been a teacher in Czechoslovakia in the early 1900's, prior to WWI, and gave up everything to move his family to the United States because he disagreed so much with what was happening in Europe. She was extremely proud of that heritage, her dad's American Citizenship, and her family.
One great niece is currently Czech Consul and represents the Czech Ambassador in the States of Kansas, Missouri, and Nebraska.
So many people outside our immediate family express love, debt, and respect for our mother. What better tribute to us and to her. She loved the old-time gospel music and knew all of the words to the songs. She was a great cook and loved large family gatherings, eating Chinese food, traveling, humming birds, flowers, gardening, sewing, people and laughter. Her quick wit never left her. A quiet, humble, and very religious person, she was the most loved and respected lady I know. So very many stories could be told and so many people she touched were blessed. As a dear aunt from Oklahoma said on the phone the day before she went home, "If Fanny's work on Earth is done, God will take her home. If she has more to do, He will heal her and she'll go home with you."
She passed peacefully in her sleep the following morning.
"We cannot see her, but she is with us still. A mother like ours is more than a memory, she is a Living Presence."
(Anonymous)
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