Husband of Former Blairite Dies At 50

Funeral services have been held at Fort Dodge, Ia., for 50-year-old Horace J. Melton, husband of the former Wilma Buger of Blair. Mr. Melton, a lawyer and onetime Fort Dodge city attorney, died Saturday after a long illness.

Mr. Melton is survived by his wife, Wilma; one daughter and a son, ages 6 and 4. Mrs. Ross Love and Mrs. Harry Beck of Blair are sisters-in-law.

~~~ Obituary courtesy of the Nebraska Washington County Genealogical Society. Newspaper clippings on file in the Blair Public Library at Blair, Nebraska.~~~

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