Heidy Pearl (Steger) Steinbach, 84 of Meridian, died on Friday, July 24, 2009.  Funeral services will be held at 10:30 AM on Thursday, July 30^th at the Treasure Valley Baptist Church, 1300 S. Teare Ave., Meridian.  A reception will follow.  Burial will follow at 1:30 P.M. in the Meridian Cemetery.  Visitation for family and friends will be held today from 5:00 to 8:00 P.M. at Accent Funeral Home, 1303 N. Main Street, Meridian.  Condolences may be left for the family online at www.accentfuneral.com.

Heidy was born seven and a half miles west of Jordan, Montana on January 8, 1925.  She was the daughter of Max and Clara Steger.  Her parents had just arrived in the United States from Switzerland by ship and spent Christmas Eve at Ellis Island, New York.  They left shortly thereafter and boarded a train headed for Montana, where she was born.  She moved with her parents two years later to Idaho.  She attended school in Nampa and graduated from high school in Meridian, the class of 1943.  She enjoyed making pies and was an excellent cook.  Her three sons would invite friends over for the weekend and she would make a half dozen pies; which were devoured before Monday.  She worked for CC Anderson in her early married years and also worked for Taylor Insurance at Continental Life.  She was a farmer's wife and enjoyed gardening, canning and making jelly.  In her mid-forties she accepted Christ as her Savior at Star Christian Church. 

She is survived by her husband of 65 years, Bud Steinbach, a brother, Herm Steger, three sons: Max and wife, Mary Steinbach, Joe Steinbach and Clyde and wife, Carol Steinbach.  She has six grandchildren and twelve great-grandchildren.  She is preceded in death by her parents and two great-grandsons. 

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