MELITTAMARIA JOHANNA BUMEISTER

BUMEISTER, MELITTA MARIA JOHANNA (nee BRAUNSCHMIDT) Passed away peacefully at home on the morning of August 30, 2017 at the age of 83. Emigrated from Munich, Germany in 1954. Predeceased by her loving husband, Edward J. Bumeister of 44 years. Mother of Gudrun D. Scheufler Coyle and husband Keith. Predeceased by her sister Ingeborg Riedl, survived by her sister Maximiliane Hunold and her brother Peter Braunschmidt and wife Evelyn. Melitta will be greatly missed by her beloved niece Brigitte van Wegberg, her special friend Sharon Altpeter, extended family and all her Canadian and Lithuanian friends. Prior to her retirement she was an accomplished businesswoman. She was also an active member of the Lithuanian Lutheran Church of the Redeemer and the whole Lithuanian community in Toronto. Her smile and joy for life will be carried on by all whose lives she touched. Friends may call at the Turner & Porter “Peel” Chapel, 2180 Hurontario St. (Hwy. 10, N. of QEW), on Friday, from 4-8 p.m.. A Chapel Service will be held on Saturday, September 2, 2017 at 11 a.m. Interment to follow at St. John’s Lithuanian Cemetery. As an expression of sympathy, donations to Parkinson Canada would be greatly appreciated by the family. Online condolences can be made at www.turnerporter.ca