Digital Augusta

Augusta, Kansas

2010-08-11
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Title

2010-08-11

Subject

Alford, Melvin E.

Description

Obituaries published in the Augusta Daily Gazette

Creator

Augusta Daily Gazette [Kansas]

Source

Augusta Historical Museum, Augusta, Kansas

http://augustahistoricalsociety.com

Publisher

Augusta Public Library, Augusta, Kansas, USA

Date

2010-08-12

Rights

In Copyright In Copyright

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Format

Clippings

Language

English

Type

application/pdf

Identifier

b15#219 2010



Citation
Augusta Daily Gazette [Kansas], “2010-08-11,” Digital Augusta, accessed November 24, 2024, https://augusta.digitalsckls.info/item/2078.
Text

Augusta Daily Gazette I Thursday, August 12, 2010

Deaths & Services

Melvin E. Alford

Melvin E. Alford, 84, of Augusta, passed away on Wednesday, Aug. 1,2010, at Via Christi St. Francis in Wichita
Visitation will be 6-8 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 12, at Headley Funeral Chapel, Augusta. Service will be at 10:30 a.m. on Friday, Aug. 13, at the
First Christian Church Augusta. Burial will be at 3 p.m. Friday, at Vilas Bethel Cemetery, rural Chanute, Kan.
Melvin was born on Nov. 27,1925 at Leanna Ks. to Henry and Minnie (McCollough) Alford. He graduated from Chanute High School with the class of 1943. He was a farmer and raised cattle. He served his country during the Korean Conflict. He was united in marriage to Opal H. Olson on April 22,1962 at Vilas Bethel Lutheran Church.
On returning from Korea, he was a full time aircraft mechanic until his retirement in 1985. Melvin retired from Civil Service and the Kansas Air National Guard at McConnell Air Force Base.
He is survived by: his wife Opal of the home; sister, Golda Mae Richter; step mother, Claribel Alford of Chanute; numerous sisters and brothers in law; nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by his parents and a sister. He was a member and
elder at the First Christian Church of Augusta and he sang in the choir. He was a member of the VFW in Chanute post 1654, American Legion #170, Chanute.
Memorials to Harry Hynes Hospice and Augusta First Christian Church.
Arrangements by Headley Funeral Chapel, Augusta.
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