Helen Meerscheidt

Helen was raised in San Antonio, graduated from Brackenridge High School, and became a switchboard operator for the Perry Shankle Company. She met Clint Meerscheidt at a dance, and when Clint arrived home from the dance, he informed his mother that he’d met the girl he was going to marry. Helen and Clint were married on April 12, 1941, and had 56 years of wedded bliss before Clint’s death in January, 1998.

Helen was a member of the Beta Lambda Chapter of Epsilon Sigma Alpha Sorority in San Antonio for 26 years, helping to raise money for various charities. After Clint retired, they moved to Austin, Texas in 1983 to be near their daughter and her family. Helen was a member of Triumphant Love Lutheran Church, where for many years she was part of a group of avid quilters who make quilts to send overseas to needy families. In her later years, she crocheted baby blankets for the neonatal unit at Seton Hospital.

Helen was preceded in death by her mother and father, and siblings Ruby Lehman Moore, Alma Lehman Menn, Robert Lehman, Paul Lehman, Jr., and Dan Lehman. She is survived by her daughter, Linda Dalton; son-in-law, Steve Dalton; granddaughter, Heather Dalton; grandson, Matthew Dalton, sister-in-law, Genevieve Lehman, and numerous nieces and nephews.

Helen was much loved by her family and friends for her warmth and sense of humor and well-known for her passion for UT Longhorns football and San Antonio Spurs basketball.

A visitation will be held from 5 to 6 p.m. Friday, August 30, 2013 at Cook-Walden Chapel of the Hills, 9700 Anderson Mill Rd, Austin. A funeral service will be held at 11:00 a.m. Saturday, August 31, 2013 at Triumphant Love Lutheran Church, 9508 Great Hills Trail, Austin.