Sussex-Surry-Prince George County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Warthan, Melvin G., 2016 

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MELVIN GUY WARTHAN 

  Melvin Guy Warthan, 86, of Prince George, Virginia died Tuesday, June 28, 
2016.  Born in Wakefield, VA, he was a son of the late William Joseph and 
Keturah Avery Warthan.

  Mel served in the Air Force as a member of the Strategic Air Command, 
stationed in the Canadian Province of Labrador.  He started his work career 
with Allied Chemical in Hopewell, VA eventually moving to New York, Houston 
and Morristown, NJ.  He held various executive positions with numerous Allied 
subsidiaries and eventually retired in 1981, when he joined Chemical 
Enterprises, Inc., a Houston based private firm, as Executive Vice President. 
Eventually in 1984 he pursued his own entrepreneurial interest as he co-
founded Chemomm, Inc., a Houston based chemical manufacturer and chemical 
distributer and Biospectra, Ind., and Eastern PA based biopharmaceutical 
startup with business partner Tolis Thanos.  In 2006 he moved to his beloved 
home and family in the "blue blood" state of Virginia.  He continued working 
and growing his new business Warthan Enterprises, LLC, until his last breath. 
Mel was an example to all through his adherence to high values, hard work and 
caring heart to all he touched.  Family to Mel was not just Evelyn, Mel Jr. 
and Michael but all the many nephews, nieces and business associates.  His 
humor, fun loving thoughtful approach to life, his encouraging spirit aimed to 
make people around him better will live into the hearts and memories of all of 
us.

  Along with his parents, he is preceded in death by his sons, Melvin Guy 
Warthan, Jr., and Michael Avery Warthan; brothers, Linwood F. Warthan, John W. 
Warthan, and Marvin K. Warthan; sisters, Ermine F. Oakes, and Mae K. 
Loughridge.

  Left to cherish his memory are his wife Evelyn Baker Warthan; granddaughter, 
Nicole Warthan and numerous nieces and nephews.

  A funeral service will be held at 2:00 p.m. Sunday, July 3, 2016 at R.W. 
Baker & Co. Funeral Home, Wakefield Chapel with Rev. Ray Rowland officiating. 
The family will receive friends one hour prior to the service.  In lieu of 
flowers, memorial donations may be made to Carsley United Methodist Church c/o 
Cindy Chappell, 224 Otterdam Road, Waverly, VA 23890. 


Melvin Guy WARTHAN, of Prince George, retired businessman, 
Air Force veteran, 
b. 10 Aug 1929, Wakefield, d. 28 Jun 2016, 
interred in Waverly Cemetery, 3 Jul 2016, 
R.W. Baker & Co. Funeral Home obit, 
   posted with Find a Grave Mem. #191515469 

His parents are buried in Sunset Memorial Park, Chester, Chesterfield Co. 
   (Find a Grave Mem. #133877988 &c.) 

Note: twin of Marvin Keith Warthan. Resided in Prince George Co., Va.; 
   Melvin Warthan previously lived in the old Parker House in Dendron and 
   attended Stonewall Jackson School. 

His twin's obit (J.T. Morriss & Son Funeral Home, 2008) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/sussex/obits/w635m1ob.txt 


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