Obit: Duvall, Melvin C. (1914 - 1975)

 

Contact: Jackie Harris

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Surnames: Duvall, Witte, Gustafson, Fischer, Scheer, Seefeldt, Wescott

 

----Source: Jackie Harris Scrapbook

 

Duvall, Melvin C. (24 MAR 1914 - 17 SEP 1975)

 

 

Melvin C. Duvall
Colby: Melvin C. Duvall, Route 2, Colby, was pronounced dead of an apparent heart attack upon arrival Wednesday at the Colby Clinic. He was 61 years of age.

 

Services will be at 1:30 p.m. Saturday at the First United Church of Christ in Colby. Officiating will be the Rev. Kenneth A. Dix, Pastor. Burial will be in Colby Memorial Cemetery. Friends may call at the Lulloff Funeral Home, Colby, after 2 p.m. Friday.

 

Mr. Duvall, a farmer in the Town of Hull, was born March 24, 1914, in the Town of Unity, Clark County. He received his education in the Colby area.

 

He married the former Madelyn Witte on June 17, 1936, at the First United Church of Christ in Colby. She survives. Other survivors include two sons, Lyle and Allen, both of Route 2, Colby; a daughter, Mrs. Franklin (Janalee) Gustafson, Route 1, Colby; his father, Leo Duvall, Unity; a brother, Alvin, Langdon, N.D.; four sisters, Mrs. Donald (Arva) Fischer,  Mrs. Walter (Lila) Seefeldt, Mrs. Orland (Irene) Scheer, all of Unity, and Mrs. Clayton (Lorraine) Wescott, Route 1, Spencer, and seven grandchildren.

 

His mother, Mrs. Ella Duvall, preceded him in death. He was a member of the First United Church of Christ.

 

Duvall Funeral
Colby: Services for Melvin C. Duvall, 61, Route 2, Colby, were at 1:30 p.m. Saturday at the First United Church of Christ in Colby.

 

Mr. Duvall died Sept 17. The Rev. Kenneth A. Dix, Pastor, officiated. Burial was in the Colby Memorial Cemetery. 
Pallbearers were Dean and John Witte, Mannon Gustafson, Galen Fitzel, Billy Hoffman and Jerry Fischer.

 

 


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