Cameo Melichar

Cameo Birdie (Drewitz) Melichar, 40, after a courageous fight with cancer passed peacefully into the arms of Jesus July 9, 2017, in Hewitt, Texas, at home with her family. Services will be 10:00 am, Friday, July 14, 2017 at Central United Methodist Church of Waco. There will be a visitation with the family 6:00-7:00 pm, Thursday, July 13, 2017 at Grace Gardens Funeral Home.

Cameo was born in 1977, to John and Kathy (Conway) Drewitz in Rapid City, South Dakota. She spent the first 3 years of her life on the family farm in Creighton, South Dakota, before the family moved to Rapid City. She attended Rapid City Christian School, graduating in 1995 with honors, and attended South Dakota School of Mines and Technology for two years. In 1997 she married Kenneth Melichar of Omaha, Nebraska and moved to Waco, Texas. In 2000, Cameo received a degree in Computer Science from Baylor University and worked for L3 Technologies and Baylor University. In 2004, Ken and Cameo welcomed their first child into this world and Cameo decided to take a break in her career and become a stay at home mother. Two additional children followed in 2006 and 2011. Her children were her passion and she poured herself into them showing the love that only a mother can. Cameo also found a calling by volunteering with the Youth and College Groups at Central United Methodist Church. She was blessed by the people that she worked with and made many lasting friendships through that ministry.

Mrs. Melichar is survived by her loving husband of 20 years, Ken; her adoring children, Ashlyn, 13, Jonathan (Nathan), 11, and Jonah, 6; her parents, Kathy and John Drewitz; In-laws, Ed and Donna Melichar; siblings, Ezra and Courtney Ahrendt, Megan and Tony Darger, Alex and Kassi Drewitz, all of Rapid City, South Dakota; Tyler Drewitz, of Hickory, North Carolina, Pam and Mike Mason of Omaha, Nebraska; and 12 nieces and nephews.

Visitation

6:00 PM - 7:00 PM ,Thursday, July 13, 2017
Grace Gardens Funeral Home Chapel
8220 Woodway Drive Waco, TX 76712

Funeral Service

10:00 AM - 11:00 PM ,Friday, July 14, 2017
Central United Methodist Church
5740 Bagby Ave Waco, TX

Interment

11:30 PM ,Friday, July 14, 2017
Oakwood Cemetery