Meta Schneider Melcher

Meta Schneider Melcher, 95, went to be with the Lord on December 27, 2019. She was born to Oscar and Ida Herzog Schneider on January 3, 1924. Meta was baptized, January 13, 1924 and confirmed on March 21, 1937. She married Martin Melcher on January 28, 1945 and they were blessed with two children. Martin and Meta moved to Houston in 1952 and joined St. Mark Lutheran Church.

Meta enjoyed having get-togethers with her children, doing jobs for others and caring for sick people. She took care of her grandchildren, nieces and nephews. Meta also did a lot of gardening, yard work, cooking for weddings and reunions, she was always busy.

Preceded in death by her husband, parents, sisters, Betty Boes, Eleanor Friedrich, Lorine Melcher, Frieda Boriack, Deloris Shannon; brother, Williebald Schneider and numerous brothers-in-law and sisters-in-law. Survived by her son, Harvey Melcher and wife, La Verne; daughter, Mary Wetuski and husband, Harold; grandchildren, Jodi Phillips and husband, Jerry, Lisa Wetuski, Mark Wetuski, Parilee Rachel Melcher and husband, Lee Howden, Chris Melcher and wife, Angela; great-grandchildren, Seth and Owen Phillips, Dominique, Danielle, Daisy, Daelynn and Dixie Melcher. Also surviving is her sister, Elsie Handrick, sister-in-law Hildegard Melcher and many other relatives and friends.

Visitation began at 10:00 a.m. on Friday, January 3, 2020 at St. Mark Lutheran Church, 1515 Hillendahl in Houston, Texas, where funeral services followed at 11:00 a.m. After a brief reception, interment was held at 2:00 p.m. in Memorial Oaks Cemetery.

For those desiring memorials may be directed to St. Mark Lutheran Church.