Graveside services for Lorene Fannie Melching, 89, West Plains, Mo., will be at 3 p.m. Monday, Aug. 17, 2015, at Oak Lawn Cemetery under the direction of Robertson-Drago Funeral Home.
Mrs. Melching died 5:55 p.m. Friday, Aug. 14, 2015, at West Vue Nursing Center.
She was born May 6, 1926, at Rover, Mo., to William B. Ford and Bessie Edna Adams Ford. She graduated from Thomasville High School, and on Dec. 16, 1960, was married at Livonia, Mich., to Ervin Lewis Melching, who preceded her in death Nov. 27, 1987. Before her retirement, Mrs. Melching was a beautician. She was of the Baptist faith.
She is survived by one brother, Henry Ford, wife, Sally, West Plains, Mo.; two sisters, Bernice Richards, West Plains, Mo., and Ruby Crites, Chicago, Ill.; and several nieces and nephews.
Her parents; husband; one brother, Floyd Ford; and three sisters, Minnie Davidson, Velma Jolliff and Thelma who died as an infant, preceded her in death.
Mrs. Melching will lie in state from 4 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 16, until 1 p.m. Monday, Aug. 17, at Robertson-Drago Funeral Home. Online condolences may be expressed at www.robertsondrago.com.
