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- Karen Abel:
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OBITUARY
"In Loving Memory Of Carl R Melcher. Born Feb 6, 1915, Odessa, WA. Entered Into Rest June 14, 2004, Moses Lake, WA. Funeral Services Thursday, June 17, 2004 at 11 a.m., Zion-Emmanuel Lutheran Church. Organist Mrs Eileen Tanke. Congregational Hymns. Vault Interment Odessa Memorial Cemetery. Casketbearers: Glen Tanke, Edwin Haugan, Ron Ferderer, Melvin Jantz, Paul Scheller, Ronald Jantz." (Funeral Program) "Funeral services will be held 11 a.m. today, Thursday, June 17, for Carl R Melcher at Zion-Emanuel Lutheran Church in Odessa. Mr Melcher, who was 89 years old, died Monday, June 14, 2004, in Moses Lake. He was born at Odessa, on Feb 6, 1915, the son of Henry and Katherine (Kammerzel) Melcher. He attended country school before beginning his lifetime of farming. Carl carried Yetta Greenwalt on Oct 10, 1937, at Emmanuel Lutheran Church at Menno. Together they made their home and raised their family on a farm 23 miles southwest of Odessa. They moved to Moses Lake in 1999. Carl was a member of the Odessa Grange and a member of the Zion-Emmanuel Church of Odessa. Surviving are his wife Yetta, of Moses Lake; a daughter, Alice Kanzler and husband Gilbert of Ritzville; two sisters, Eleanor Schell of Ritzville; and Clara Becker, of Sprague; five grandchildren, Jeff and Rodney Melcher, Lisa Hays, Kim Holt and Teresa Lebsack, and five great grandchildren, Nathan and Alexis Melcher, Emilee and Ben Holt and Trista Lebsack. Carl was preceded in death by 13 brothers and sisters. The Rev Donald G Smith will officiate at the funeral. Interment will follow at Odessa Cemetery. Danekas Funeral Home, of Ritzville, is in charge of arrangements." (Odessa Record: 6-17-2004)
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1. Title: Obituary
2. Title: Don Hochstatter's RootsWeb database and personal database
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