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Gerda Meek, loving wife and mother, passed away in Grandview Missouri where she was residing at a memory care facility with her husband of 66 years. She was 90.
Gerda Dehm Meek was born in Ludwigsburg, Germany on May 1st 1931 to Elisa and Wilhelm Dehm. She spent her childhood and young adulthood alternating between the Black Forest and Ludwigsburg as a way to escape the bombing during WW2.
Later, due to her excellent English skills, she was a telephone operator liaison between the Army base there and the city of Stuttgart. There she met her future husband, Richard Meek of Bartlesville, Oklahoma, who was serving with the 97th Signal Battalion assigned to The Seventh US Army.
In 1955 Gerda moved to Oklahoma and she and Richard were married in Bartlesville. They then moved to Stillwater so Richard could attend Oklahoma A&M College. Gerda worked until her first son; Clifford was born. After graduation, they lived several places including Fort Worth, TX where her second son, Richard was born.
They moved back to Bartlesville in 1959 when Richard got a job with the computing department of Phillips Petroleum Company.
Gerda was especially proud of her two sons and relished the time she spent bringing them up. She was also active in the Bartlesville community as a member of the Musical Research Society. Gerda sang Soprano in the Redeemer Lutheran Church Choir for many years. She was active in the Little Theater, appearing in The Sound of Music, The Music Man, and Li'l Abner.
Gerda was a member of the Philtones, a musical group sponsored by Phillips Petroleum and enjoyed traveling and performing with that group. She was a den mother during the Cub Scout years and assisted with Troop fundraisers for Troop 99 when her sons were active. Gerda was also a band parent and was a sponsor on various band trips. She also performed and taught ballet for a number of years.
After retirement, she and Richard enjoyed traveling the US and also visiting their sons in their respective cities of residence. They also enjoyed attending reunions of the 97th Signal Battalion at various locations around the country. In 2019, due to her and her husband's declining health, they moved to the Kansas City area to be near her sons. They moved into a memory care facility, and were able to spend significant time with family until Covid 19 made it more difficult.
Gerda is survived by her husband, Richard Meek, sons Clifford Meek and his wife, The Reverend Lucinda Holmes; and Richard H Meek, all of Kansas City, Missouri.
She was preceded in death by her parents and her brother Helmut Dehm.
A private burial was held, and there will be a family and friends gathering in Bartlesville to be announced at a later date.
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