This obituary for SIGS member Geri BUCHMEIER was published in the Everett Herald on March 2, 2008.

               Geri was born at home on an Indiana farm on February 15, 1913. She passed away in her favorite place, Edmonds, WA. on February 23, 2008. The years in between were full and eventful.

                She qualified as a Registered Nurse, endured the years of WWII with her husband overseas, raised six children, was widowed early, and later earned a University Degree at age sixty. Geri was a resident of Edmonds for 50 years.

                Until her health failed in recent years, Geri was very active and involved in her community. She was a member of the Stevens Hospital Foundation, American Association of University Women, Friends of the Edmonds Library, Edmonds Library Board, Sno-Isle Genealogical Society, Edmonds Music and Art Club, Edmonds Art Festival, Campfire, District 15 PTA and the Edmonds United Methodist Church. She enthusiastically volunteered at the Physician Finders Info Line, R.S.V.P. and the Senior Foot Care Clinic.

                She is survived by her children, Barbara ROSTAD (Tom), Tom BUCHMEIER (Barbara), John BUCHMEIER (Darla), Mike BUCHMEIER (Nancy), and Phil BUCHMEIER (Rosemary); 11 grandchildren, and numerous great-grandchildren. She will be greatly missed.  She was preceded in death by her husband, Joseph A. BUCHMEIER, MD; and her son, William BUCHMEIER.

                In lieu of flowers please consider donations to the Friends of the Edmonds Library Scholarship Fund, c/o Dale HOGGINS, 510 4th Avenue South, Edmonds, WA 98020 or the Cascade Symphony, 16214 Meadow Road, Lynnwood, WA 98087.  A Memorial Service will be held at 2:00 P.M., on March 8, 2008, at Trinity Lutheran Church, 6215 196th St. SW, Lynnwood, WA.