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Arnold Melby

Birth	:	22 Dec 1909
Death	:	25 Nov 2009
Burial	:	Evergreen Cemetery, South Amherst, Lorain County, USA
Coordinate	:	41.3549995, -82.2455978
Plot	:	Sect D D 47
Description	:	SOLDIER, Iowa -- Arnold Melby, 99, of Onawa, Iowa, formerly of Soldier, passed away Wednesday, Nov. 25, 2009, at Elmwood Care Centre in Onawa. Services were 11 a.m. Saturday at Soldier Lutheran Church, with the Rev. Meggan Manlove officiating. Burial was in Soldier Lutheran Cemetery. Arnold was born Dec. 22, 1909, in Moorhead, Iowa, the son of Adolph and Lena (Evenson) Melby. He was raised in the Moorhead area, where he attended country school. He and Vesta Price were united in marriage on June 28, 1933. The couple made their home in Mapleton, Iowa, and he worked for the W.P.A. They later... Read More	SOLDIER, Iowa -- Arnold Melby, 99, of Onawa, Iowa, formerly of Soldier, passed away Wednesday, Nov. 25, 2009, at Elmwood Care Centre in Onawa. Services were 11 a.m. Saturday at Soldier Lutheran Church, with the Rev. Meggan Manlove officiating. Burial was in Soldier Lutheran Cemetery. Arnold was born Dec. 22, 1909, in Moorhead, Iowa, the son of Adolph and Lena (Evenson) Melby. He was raised in the Moorhead area, where he attended country school. He and Vesta Price were united in marriage on June 28, 1933. The couple made their home in Mapleton, Iowa, and he worked for the W.P.A. They later moved to Grant Center and Danbury, Iowa, where he was a farm laborer, before the couple started farming in Mapleton, in 1943. In 1948, they bought a farm in Dunlap, Iowa, where he retired in 1979. Vesta passed away Dec. 25, 2002. He was a member of Soldier Lutheran Church and cherished being able to ring the bell on Sunday for many years. He loved music and played the violin at neighborhood house dances. The couple enjoyed traveling. Survivors include a son and his wife, Duane and Myrna of Soldier; a daughter and her husband, Sharon and Bill Markey of Lake Oswego, Ore.; 13 grandchildren; 26 great-grandchildren; 10 great-great-grandchildren; and a sister, Edna Hall of Moorhead, Iowa. In addition to his wife, Vesta, he was also preceded in death by a son and his wife, Virgil and Janet Ehlers; four brothers, Kenneth, Leonard, Willard and Dale; and four sisters, Mildred Andrews, Lorraine Price, Gilma Burson and Agnes Weber.

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Arnold Melby's memorial is located at: Evergreen Cemetery, South Amherst, Lorain County, USA.
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Latitude: 41.3549995
Longitude: -82.2455978

Family Members:

Parent

Adolph Melby

(1882 - 1964)

Lena Evenson Melby

(1885 - 1958)

Spouse

Vesta Mabel Price Melby

(1912 - 2002)

Siblings

Infant Melby

(unknow - unknow)

Kenneth Harold Melby

(1906 - 1966)

Mildred Irene Melby Andrews

(1908 - 2001)

Gilma Lillian Melby Kline

(1911 - 1987)

Mabel Laurine Melby

(1914 - 1914)

Lorraine Beatrice Melby Price

(1915 - 2002)

Agnes Marie Melby Weber

(1918 - 2001)

Leonard Adolph Melby

(1919 - 1983)

Edna Viola Melby Hull

(1921 - 2018)

Willard Evenson Melby

(1923 - 1996)

Dale Milford Melby

(1925 - 2003)

Vernon Clifford Melby

(1926 - 1928)

Children

Francis Duane “Champ” Melby

(1934 - 2011)

Flowers:

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