Elvira "Sally" Melvin

Mrs. Melvin was a member of the Corpus Christi Catholic Church in Shiloh, IL. She was an active member with Mary and Martha and Jolly Seniors in the Corpus Christi Catholic Church. She also belonged to the Women of the Moose and Red Hat Society in Swansea, IL. She enjoyed playing cards, especially pinochle and she loved to dance. Sally was a loving and caring mother, grandmother and great-grandmother. Her kindness and gentleness along with her love of life was embraced by all those who surrounded her.

She was preceded in death by her parents, Joseph Reinhardt and Elvira, nee Baum, Reinhardt of East St. Louis, IL. and her husband of 45 years John “Jack” Melvin of O’Fallon, IL.

Surviving are her children Kathleen (William) Karius of Waterloo, IL., Michael (Glenda) Melvin of O’Fallon, IL., Maureen (Kenneth) Schmitz of Cape Girardeau, MO., and John (Joan) Melvin of Overland Park, Kansas; Eleven grandchildren; Five great-grandchildren; Six step-grandchildren; Thirteen step-great-grandchildren and many nieces and nephews.

Memorial donations may be made to the Bethesda Hospice Care, 8175 Big Bend Blvd., Suite 200, Webster Groves, MO 63119. Condolences may be expressed to the family online at www.lakeviewfuneralhm.com

Visitation: Friends may call from 1 – 3 p.m. Sunday, November 9th, 2014 at Lake View Funeral Home, Fairview Heights, Illinois.

Services: Funeral services will be held at 3:00 p.m. on Sunday, November 9th, 2014 at Lake View Funeral Home, Fairview Heights, Illinois.

Interment will be in Lake View Memorial Gardens, Fairview Heights, Illinois.