Father: Anton Meshak b. 1904 in Wisconsin d. 11 May 1959
Mother: Stella V Kranski b. 1 Sep 1910 in Hull, Portage, Wisconsin d. 8 Apr 2002 in Wisconsin Rapids, Wood, Wisconsin.

Extract from the 1940 Census:
Name: Jean Meshak
Age: 4
Estimated birth year: 1936
Birthplace: Wisconsin
Race: white
Sex: female
Relation to head-of-house: daughter
Parents: Anton and Stella Meshak, ages 35 and 29
Home in 1940: Stevens Point, Portage, Wisconsin
Address: 510 Portage Street
Marital status: single
Highest grade of school completed: 0
Living on farm: no
Father's birthplace: Wisconsin
Mother's birthplace: Wisconsin
Father's occupation: paper maker - paper mill
Occupation: none
Sibling living at home: Nicholas (age 9)
Census place: Stevens Point, Portage, Wisconsin; Roll: T627_4513; Page: 12A; Enumeration District: 49-33
Date: 22 Apr 1940

Extract from the 1950 Census:
Name: Jean Meshak
Age: 14
Estimated birth year: 1936
Birthplace: Wisconsin
Race: white
Sex: female
Relation to head-of-house: daughter
Parents: Anton and Stella Meshak, ages 45 and 39
Occupation of father: paper mill hand
Home in 1950: Stevens Point, Portage, Wisconsin
Address: 506 Portage Street
Living on farm: no
Father's birth place: Wisconsin
Mother's birth place: Wisconsin
Marital status: single (never married)
Occupation: none
Sibling living at home: Nicholas (age 19)
Census place: Stevens Point, Portage, Wisconsin
Date: 3 Apr 1950

Obituary from the "Portage County Gazette" of Portage, Wisconsin dated 17 Mar 2010:
Jean M. Altenburg
Jean M. Altenburg, 74, 7020 Plover Road, Wisconsin Rapids, a Stevens Point native and an owner of Altenburg Farms, died Sunday, March 14, 2010, at St. Joseph's Hospital in Marshfield.
Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Thursday at Ss. Peter & Paul Catholic Church in Wisconsin Rapids, with the Rev. Jim Altman officiating. Burial will be in Calvary Cemetery in Wisconsin Rapids.
Visitation will be at Ritchay Funeral Home in Wisconsin Rapids from 4 to 8 p.m. Wednesday and at the church from 10 a.m. Thursday until the services. There will be a parish rosary at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home.
Memorials may be made to the Sisters of St. Joseph in Stevens Point.
Mrs. Altenburg was born Oct. 1, 1935, in Stevens Point, a daughter of the late Anton and Stella (Kranski) Meshak. She grew up on the north side of Stevens Point and graduated from St. Peter Grade School and Maria High School.
She worked as a secretary in the Old Main Building on the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point campus.
She was married to Harold Altenburg of Plover on Oct. 31, 1964, at St. Peter Catholic Church in Stevens Point.
They settled on a farm on Highway 54 east of Wisconsin Rapids. That fresh-market fruit and vegetable farm became a farm market and for the past 45 years has served as a host to families picking strawberries and pumpkins.
Survivors include her husband; two daughters, Nancy (Abelardo Arroyo Rincon) Altenburg, Mexico City, Mexico, and Karen (Tim) Sledge, Waukesha; two sons, Ron, Appleton, and Dan (Audrey), San Diego, Calif.; and five grandchildren.
She was also preceded in death by one brother, Nick Meshak.