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SOURCE: OBITUARY INFORMATION - The Daily Dispatch Newspaper
Saturday, July 30, 1977; Page 2; microfilm
Moline Public Library 3210 - 41st Street, Moline, Illinois 61265;309-762-6883; www.molinelibrary.com
Obtained: 18 November 2008, by: SLJuhl RNBSC, Compiler & FamilyGenealogist; sljuhl1234@yahoo.com; Transcribed: 20 November 2008.
"DEATHS AND FUNERALS
Richard E. Melin
Services for Richard E. Melin, 62, of 3122 44th St. Place, Moline,will be 1 p.m. Monday at Chapel of Virtues, Moline Gospel Temple.Burial will be in Rose Lawn Memorial Estate. Visitation is 2 to 4 and7 to 9 p.m. Sunday at Esterdahl Mortuary, Moline. Memorials may bemade to the church. Mr. Melin died Thursday at Moline Public Hospitalafter a brief illness. He was born in Moline where married DorothyNordstrom in 1938. Mr. Melin was a machinist at InternationalHarvester, East Moline Works for 39 years, retiring in 1974. Mr.Melin was a charter member and past deacon of the Moline GospelTemple. He was active in the choral work and Sunday school at thechurch, and a member of the former Kingsmen Quartet. Survivorsinclude the widow; a daughter, Mrs. Thomas Cline, Moline; twograndchildren, a sister, Mrs. William Dimschultz, Mount Prospect, anda brother, Robert Melin, Elgin."

Richard married Dorothy B. Nordstrom on 13 Apr 1938 in Moline, Rock Island County, Illinois. Dorothy (daughter of Perle Nordstrom and Adeline Wise) was born on 23 Feb 1914 in Moline, Rock Island County, Illinois; died on 5 May 1992 in 78 Yrs Old; Pathway Hospice, United Medical Center, Moline, Rock Island County, Illinois; Obit; was buried on 8 May 1992 in Rose Lawn Memorial Estate, Moline, Rock Island County, Illinois. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]