MERIDEN - Joanne B. Meinke, 64, of 13 Dryden Drive, died Sunday, Sept. 30, 2007 at her residence. Born in Hartford on Feb. 17, 1943, she was the daughter of the late Henry J. and Wilma Baker Meinke. She received her Master's Degree at Tufts University and had been employed as a school teacher in the Middletown Public School System. She was a member of St. Paul's Episcopal Church in Wallingford and was a member of the Meriden Humane Society and the Friends of the Library. Burial will take place at 11 a.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 10, 2007 in Gethsemane Cemetery. There are no calling hours. Arrangements are under the direction of the Beecher and Bennett Flatow Funeral Home, 48 Cook Ave., Meriden.