Bernice M. "Bee" Meloy 1923 - 2014

MELOY, STUKONIS, MURPHY

Posted By: Connie Swearingen-Volunteer (email)
Date: 10/1/2014 at 14:48:51

Sioux City Journal
28 September 2014

SIOUX CITY | Bernice M. "Bee" Meloy, 90, of Sioux City passed away on Wednesday, Sept. 24, 2014, at a local hospital.

Services will be 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at St. Joseph Catholic Church, with the Rev. Michael Erpelding officiating. Interment will follow in Calvary Cemetery. Visitation, with the family present, will be one hour prior to the services at the church. Arrangements are under the direction of Meyer Brothers Colonial Chapel.

Bee was born on Nov. 19, 1923, in Sioux City, to John and Bernice (Stukonis) Murphy. She received her education in Sioux City, graduating from East High School.

She married John C. "Jack" Meloy, to which union one son was born, Paul Meloy. Bee worked as a secretary in Omaha at Mutual Of Omaha, and held a secretarial position with the S&H Green Stamp Store, which later turned into King Koin.

She was faithful to her Lord, holding God first and family second. Bee loved to dance and bowl in her younger years, and as she matured, she enjoyed bingo, reading, and staying active by walking all over the town of Sioux City.

Bee is survived by her granddaughters, Holly Kenny and her husband, Tom, of Dakota Dunes, S.D., and Jackie Dodds and her husband, Lee, of Sioux City; great-grandchildren, Tommy Kenny, Jacob Kenny, Kate Kenny and Jennavieve Dodds, all of Sioux City; and brother, Bill Murphy and his wife, Joyce of Arnolds Park, Iowa.

Bee was preceded in death by her son, Paul in 2011.