Mrs. JAMES ORVILLE (Melba Oleta Gregory) WHITE 1921-1986

FULFER, GREGORY, WHITE, AHLF, ORTH, REEDY, TODD, POWELL, CLOUD

Posted By: Mary Durr (email)
Date: 4/20/2007 at 14:00:37

Mrs. JAMES ORVILLE (Melba Oleta Gregory) WHITE 1921-1986

Melba White

Funeral services for Melba White were held Tuesday, Dec. 30, 1986 at 11:00 a.m. in the West Clermont Lutheran Church in Clermont. The Rev. David Johnson officiated. With scripture read by the Rev. Clark Kilgard of St. Paul Evangelical Lutheran Church, Cedar Falls. The organist, Patricia Butikofer accompanied the soloist, Lois Miller. The Schutte Funeral Service of Postville was in charge of arrangements. Interment was in the Cedar Valley Memorial Gardens Cemetery, Cedar Falls.

Melba Oleta White, daughter of Jesse and Daisy (Fulfer) Gregory, was born August 2, 1921 at Grannville, TX. She died Saturday, December 27, 1986 in Fayette County, near Clermont.

She was baptized as an infant and confirmed in the Lutheran Faith. She was graduated from Ogden High School at Paducah, TX and Pitze's School of Cosmetology in Waterloo.

June 24, 1950 she was married to James Orville White at Dubuque. They had 5 children. They lived in Cedar Falls where her husband was employed at John Deere Tractor Works for 31 years. She operated a beauty shop there for a few years. In 1977 they moved to Clermont.

She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, "Jazz" who died in 1983, 2 brothers, Jack and Grady and a sister, Vera Gregory.

Surviving are 3 sons, James. L. of Decorah, Timothy of Elgin, and Todd of Marshall, MN, 2 daughters, Charlene (Mrs. William Ahlf) of Cedar Falls and Penny (Mrs. Brad Orth) of Clermont, 7 grandchildren, 2 brothers, Cobert Gregory and Deward Gregory, both of Paducah, TX and 4 sisters, Avis Reedy of Odessa, TX, Ravenell Todd of Levelland, TX, Beadie Powell of Lubbock, TX and Lera Cloud of Lovington, NM.

Melba was a member of the West Clermont Church in Clermont.

Casket bearers were Junior White, Ellis White, Anson White, Don White, Craig White and Veldon Orth.
____________________________________________________________

CLERMONT, Iowa: Melba White of here was killed in a one car accident on the south edge of town late Saturday.

The Fayette County Sheriff's Office said she apparently lost control of her car as she was going north on county road W-51, which goes from Elgin to here. She went into the ditch on the left side of the road and hit a tree there.

Jaws of Life had to be used to get her from the wreck, which was reported at 10:55 p.m. She was taken to Community Memorial Hospital, Postville, where she later was pronounced dead.

The Highway Patrol said she was not wearing a seatbelt, but that the severity of the crash was such that she probably would have been killed anyway. The sheriff's office said they had not been able to determine the cause of the accident.

She was driving a 1986 Chrysler, which was reported completely destroyed.

Her obituary is on page 5 of this week's Herald.

Postville Herald newspaper clipping from my mother's obituary collection. Submitter has no further information.