Mrs. Cleo R Vieira

area, Cleo R. Vieira passed

away peacefully on January 25,

2015. She was born, March 2,

1922 in Lathrop, CA to Frank

Reichmuth and Hilda (Gyr)

Reichmuth, both immigrants

from Switzerland.

Graduated from Manteca High

School and was a long-time

member of the San Joaquin

Valley Swiss Club in Ripon.

She was employed at Sharpe

Depot in Lathrop and volunteered

many hours in San Joaquin

hospital to assist the WWII

effort.

A cattle rancher's wife, Cleo was

dedicated to her late husband of

55 years Robert Vieira and their

cattle business in Tracy and Livermore.

Cleo was the support

system for the family business

doing everything from bookkeeping

to cooking and delivering to

the fields large, caring lunches

for all the good neighbors who

came to help work cattle.

She was a "foodie" well before

the term was coined. Whether it

was a Swiss dish or from any

other ethnic origin, it was always

delicious and full of love.

Cleo is predeceased by her parents,

husband Robert Vieira, and

sister Frances LeMieux.

She is survived by her son,

Robert (Tamara) Vieira and

grandson Michael; daughter

Hyldi (Glenn) Vieira; cousin

Walter (Joanne) Gyr and family;

Doris, Marie-Louise and Sylvia

Gyr, Henry (Doris) Sciaroni and

numerous loving nieces and

nephews, Janet (Jim) Lemos,

John (Chris) LeMieux, and Tom

(Kim) LeMieux.

Visitation will be Monday, Feb. 2

from 3-6 pm at DeYoung Memorial

Chapel, 601 N. California

St. Rosary will begin at 6 pm. A

Funeral Mass will be Tues. Feb.

3, 11 am at Cathedral of Annunciation,

425 W. Magnolia St.

Arrangements under the direction of Deyoung Memorial Chapel, STOCKTON, CA.