Iroquois County IL Archives Obituaries.....SCHARP, MELVIN CONRAD August 5, 2006
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The Gilman Star (ILL) Star, thurs., Aug. 10, 2006
       Services Helf for MELVIN C. SCHARP, 86

MELVIN CONRAD SCHARP, 86, died May 23, 2006, surrounded by his fmaily.  He was 
born March 18, 1920 in Danforth, to CONRAD AUGUST & GRACE ELNORA JOHNSON 
SCHARP.

He married COY NIELSEN from Hyrum on Nov. 11, 1941, before being shipped to 
the Pacific theater.  She survives.

Other survivors include two sons, ROGER & GAY SCHARP, & DAVID & DARLINE 
SCHARP, Layton, four daughters, AUDENE & TOM FRENCH, No. Ogen, CAROL & ROBERT 
ALLINSON, Cedar City, VALERIE WEAVER, Sunset, and VICKIE & DAVE CARTER, 
Aurora, Colorado; 27 grandchildren; 32 great-grandchildren; two brothers, 
RICHARD & DONA SCHARP, farmington, & GLEN & GWEN SCHARP, Lubbock, Texas; and 
one sister, IRMAJEAN MENDOZA, Riverside, California.

He was raised on a farm.  He attended a one-room school the first four years 
of his elementary education.  He later graduated from Gilman High School where 
he lettered in basketball and track.  He played the clarinet in the high 
school band and the Danforth community Band.

He left Pearl Harbor one week before the attack.  During his tour of duty he 
completed 225 flying missions, survived two crashes and was awarded the 
distinguished Flying Cross and Air Medal, each with two clusters as well as 
three Presidential citations.  He was recalled to active duty during the 
Korean War and served two years at Goose Bay, Labrador and Thule, Greenland.  
In 1985, he retired from Civil Service with 40 years of distinguished service. 

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