Melick, George E. (1862-1945)

MELICK, JOHNSON, DENNIS, JANSSEN, THURBER, HOBBS, HURD

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Date: 9/15/2014 at 15:46:15

Times Republican
Marshalltown, IA [5-29-1945] p. 5

MELICK FUNERAL AT LISCOMB SET FOR THURSDAY

Liscomb---(Special)---Funeral services for George E. Melick, 82, who died suddenly Monday forenoon from a heart attack, will be held at 2:30 p.m. Thursday at the Liscomb Christian church in charge of Rev. J. Willard Kerley assisted by Rev. George W. Biersborn. A prayer service will be at the home of his daughter, Mrs. O. J. Johnson, one-half mile east of Liscomb, at 1:30 p.m. Thursday. Burial will be in the Liscomb cemetery and the body will remain at the Estel funeral home in Marshalltown until Thursday morning. Mr. Melick had lived in the Liscomb neighborhood more than 80 years, and was active in his chosen occupation, farming, until his death, having replanted five acres of corn on Saturday. He had attended church on Sunday and taught a Sunday school class. BORN IN OHIO He was the eldest son of Robert W. and Sabina Dennis Melick, and was born Oct. 24, 1862, at the old Melick homestead in Blandensburg, Knox county, Ohio. When he was 13 months old, his family moved to Iowa and came to Marshall county in the spring of 1864. They lived on the Holroyd farm north of Albion while the ground was broken and a cabin built on the Melick homestead. The original homestead comprises part of the farm Mr. Melick was farming at the time of his death and has never been farmed by anyone outside the Melick family. Mr. Melick attended school in the Liscomb community, when the building was located at the foot of the hill east of the William Boyd residence. Later the school was moved into town and he went to high school under the Jennings regime. ACTIVE IN COMMUNITY He had been active in church and community affairs and was the last surviving charter member of the Liscomb Christian Sunday school. He was an elder in that church for a number of years. Mr. Melick was also a member of the I.O.O.F. and Rebekah lodges and belonged to the I.O.O.F. degree staff. At a meeting of that lodge on May 4, he was one of a group presented with 40-year membership pins. Four daughters survive. They are Mrs. Henry J. Janssen of Eldora, Mrs. Harry L. Thurber of Ames, Mrs. O. J. Johnson and Mrs. Ethel Melick Hobbs, both of Nevada. There are eight grandchildren and 11 great grandchildren. Two grandsons, George Janssen and F. L. Hobbs are in the armed forces. A sister, Mrs. Hattie Hurd, lives at Oregon.