Harrison-Monona County IA Archives Obituaries.....Melby, Adolph November 1964
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Death Calls			1963 indicated
Adolph Melby          (From the collection of Vivian Norby Andersen)

	Funeral services were held at Soldier Lutheran Church Wednesday at 
2:00 p.m. for Adolph Melby of Dunlap, who was found dead in his home Sunday by 
members of his family.  He had suffered a heart attack.  Mr. Melby, who was 
81, was found by members of the family who came with Sunday dinner.  He had 
lived in the Soldier and Dunlap communities most of his life and was a member 
of Soldier Lutheran church.
	Pastor Harry Sorensen officiated at the service.  Mrs. Norman C. 
Hanson sang “What A Friend We Have In Jesus” and “The Old Rugged Cross.”  Mrs. 
Harry Andersen was organist.
	Interment was in Soldier Valley cemetery under the direction of 
Pearson Funeral Home.  Bearers were Darrell Andrews, Ronald Hull, Roger Melby, 
Marvin Melby, Paul Weber and Duane Melby.
	Mr. Melby was born at Soldier November 27, 1882.  He married Lena 
Evenson August 30, 1906 at Onawa.  He farmed in the Soldier area most of his 
life.
	Survivors include five daughters, Mrs. Richie Andrews of Moorhead, 
Mrs. Gilma Burson of Council Bluffs, Mrs. Claude Price of Sioux City and Mrs. 
Earl Weber and Mrs. Leo Hull, both of Dunlap; five sons, Kenneth, Arnold and 
Willard, all of Dunlap, Leonard of Moorhead and Dale of Woodbine; two sisters, 
Mrs. Anna Evenson and Mrs. Oscar Wingate, both of Soldier; one brother, John 
Melby of Soldier; 41 grandchildren and 39 great grndchildren(sic).


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