LUCILE M. MELADY

Dec. 17, 1924 - Feb. 25, 2009

GRANGER - Lucile M. Melady, 84, of Granger, passed away Wednesday
evening, February 25, 2009, in the Cardinal Nursing Home. She was
born December 17, 1924, in Mishawaka, to the late Ervin R. and
Clarise E. (Rowe) Whitehead, and was a lifetime area resident. On May
3, 1947, in New Carlisle, she married Duane W. Melady, who died in
1992. She was also preceded in death by a sister, Phyllis Murphy, and
by a daughter-in-law, Carol Melady. Left to cherish her memory are her
daughters, Luana Voogd (Robert) and Lorene D. Hegedus (Anton), both of South Bend;
sons, Dennis Lee Melady of Atlanta, Georgia, David W. Melady (Marilyn) of Granger
and Duane R. Melady (Linda) of South Bend; nine grandchildren and eight great-
grandchildren; and Brother Ervin Whitehead Jr. (Shirley) of Granger. Lucile was in the
first graduating class at John Adams High School. She retired from E.K. Williams
Accounting Co. as a bookkeeper. She was a member of Order of Eastern Star Chapter
#2 and loved to knit and do all sorts of crafts. Funeral services will be held at 1:0 0
p.m. Monday, March 2nd, in the Welsheimer Family Funeral Home, 521 N. William St.
The Rev. Don Neely of Westminster Presbyterian Church will officiate. Burial will follow
at Riverview Cemetery. Friends may call from 2 to 6 p.m. today, March 1st, in the
funeral home. Memorial contributions may be made to the Center for Hospice and
Palliative Care 111 Sunnybrook Court, South Bend, IN 46637; or to Alzheimer's
Services, P.O. Box 4204, South Bend, IN 46634. Family and friends may leave e-mail
condolences at welshfh@yahoo.com .

04/15/2021 DEC

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