Seena Rebecca Niedermeyer

June 23, 1929 - July 26, 2016

Seena Niedermeyer was born in Bronx, New York, on June 23, 1929. She passed away in Hemet, California, on July 26, 2016, and was laid to rest in Sacramento, CA, on August 2, 2016.

Seena is survived by her two daughters, Silvana Goodman residing in Woodland, California, and Nina Barron residing in Hemet, CA. Seena also had a son, Alex Barron, deceased at the age of 19. Seena is widowed from Walter Niedermeyer, deceased in 2009.

Seena was the youngest of three children of Samuel and Bessie Schechter, who migrated to the U.S. from Poland and Russia in 1910. Seena was raised and educated in New York City. She sang professionally at the age of 20 in the Catskill Mountain resorts of New York before relocating to Miami, Florida. At 21 years of age, Seena became the first telephone operator for the new office of the Miami Beach Chamber of Commerce.

Seena served in the United States Air Force from 1955-1958. While in the Air Force, she married, and as a military wife, she raised her three children, returned to college in 1978, and proudly at the age of 47, completed her Associate of Arts degree at American River College, Sacramento, California. Seena worked in Sacramento for the Selective Service System from 1970-1974. Thereafter, she worked at McClellan Air Force Base from 1975-1984. She divorced in 1983.

Seena married again and lived in Livermore, San Leandro, Tracy, and Napa, California. She worked at the Naval Hospital in Oakland from 1985 to 1987. She then transferred to the Veterans Administration Medical Center in Livermore from which she retired in 1988. Seena relocated to Hemet from Palm Springs, CA, in 2003.

Seena worked all her life as a Secretary and Administrator in the medical field. She loved to travel, and as a military wife, she lived in Washington, Mississippi, France, Germany, and California. She especially loved Latin music and enjoyed singing and dancing to it. In later years, despite Parkinson’s disease and Leukemia, Seena still remembered the lyrics to her favorite songs and would surprise everyone with her beautiful voice whenever she sang. Seena will forever be an inspiration and pillar of strength to her two daughters.