Orville Eugene Melvin Sr., a 91-year-old resident of Liberty and formerly of Blockton, IA, died on Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2019
Funeral services will be held at 3 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 21, 2019 at the Park Lawn Northland Chapel in Liberty. Burial will be at a later date at the Hopkins Cemetery at Hopkins.
Visitation will be held at 2 p.m. on Saturday, prior to the funeral service.
Mr. Melvin was born on April 2, 1928 in Taylor County, IA, the son of James Woodford and Inez Ruth Booze Melvin. He grew up on a farm near Hopkins, where he attended Plum Grove School and graduated from Hopkins High School.
He was married to Mary Louise Goodrich on July 3, 1949 at her family farm in Grundy County, near Trenton. They moved to Blockton, where he operated Melvin Hardware, Plumbing and Heating from 1957 until 1993, when he retired. The couple moved to Liberty in 2002 to live near family. They were members of Liberty Baptist Church.
Survivors include his wife, Mary; children, Nancy (Victor) Nappi, Gene (Lisa) Melvin, Steve (Janis) Melvin, Richard Melvin, Annette (Matt) Tracy and Tim (Tracy) Melvin; sisters, Evelyn Watts, Helen Marriott and Norma Wuester; and several grandchildren, great-grandchildren, nieces and nephews. Evelyn Trickel, Margaret Rice and Karen Prewitt of Trenton are sisters-in-law.
Along with his parents, he was preceded in death by two siblings, Bill Melvin and Phyllis Ulmer.
Memorials are suggested to the Liberty Baptist Church, 1000 Birmingham Road, Liberty, MO 64068.
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