Vera Meschke Blackwelder

Mrs. Vera Meschke Blackwelder, 73, of 5310 Tanbark Drive, died Sunday, May 21, 2006, at NorthEast Medical Center. Funeral services are scheduled for 2:00 p.m. Wednesday, May 24, 2006, at Lady's Funeral Home Chapel. Burial will follow at Carolina Memorial Park. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 12:30 until 2:00 p.m. Wednesday, prior to the service. Mrs. Blackwelder was born April 21, 1933, in Schneidemihl, Germany. She was a daughter of the late Bruno Meschke and Helene Bauer Meschke. She had worked for Wal-Mart and had formerly worked at NorthEast hospital for 20 years. Mrs. Blackwelder is survived by two daughters, Connie Marcline and Laura Haggins, both of Concord; a son, Bobby Blackwelder, Jr. of Kannapolis; two brothers, Kurt Meschke of Germany and Guenther Meschke of Cleveland, OH; three sisters, Irene Wiggette of England, Inge Renner of Germany and Erika Beemiller of Phoenix, AZ; eleven grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren. The family has requested that memorials for Mrs. Blackwelder be sent to, Hospice and Palliative Care of Cabarrus County, 5003 Boy Scout Camp Road, Kannapolis, NC 28081.