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Melvin Zehr

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Melvin Zehr

Birth
Livingston County, Illinois, USA
Death
17 Oct 2009 (aged 84)
Flanagan, Livingston County, Illinois, USA
Burial
Flanagan, Livingston County, Illinois, USA Add to Map
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Melvin E. "Hap" Zehr, 84, of Flanagan, died at 3 a.m. Saturday, Oct.17, 2009, at his residence.

A private graveside service will be held Tuesday at Waldo Township Cemetery, Gridley. There will be a memorial service at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Salem Church, Gridley, the Rev. Steve Estes officiating.

Friends may call from 5 to 7 p.m. today, Monday, at Calvert and Froelich Memorial Home, Flanagan.

He was born Sept.24, 1925, in Waldo Township, the son of Steve and Inez (Ulrich) Zehr. He married Marcie Zehr April 4, 1948, at Hopedale. She survives.

Also surviving are two daughters, Diane (Doug) Lehman, Irvine, Calif., and Jan Telcs, Seattle, Wash.; one brother, Richard (Lois) Zehr, Flanagan; one sister, Aldie (Pete) Springer, Fisher; four grandchildren; and two great-grandsons.

Hap was a member of Salem Church, Gridley.

He had worked at the Standard Oil Station in Flanagan for five years before driving a gas truck for BP Oil for more than 20 years.

He was a U.S. Navy veteran of World War II.

Hap was a die-hard Cub fan and attended 13 spring trainings in Arizona and also a Cubs Fantasy Camp.
Melvin E. "Hap" Zehr, 84, of Flanagan, died at 3 a.m. Saturday, Oct.17, 2009, at his residence.

A private graveside service will be held Tuesday at Waldo Township Cemetery, Gridley. There will be a memorial service at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Salem Church, Gridley, the Rev. Steve Estes officiating.

Friends may call from 5 to 7 p.m. today, Monday, at Calvert and Froelich Memorial Home, Flanagan.

He was born Sept.24, 1925, in Waldo Township, the son of Steve and Inez (Ulrich) Zehr. He married Marcie Zehr April 4, 1948, at Hopedale. She survives.

Also surviving are two daughters, Diane (Doug) Lehman, Irvine, Calif., and Jan Telcs, Seattle, Wash.; one brother, Richard (Lois) Zehr, Flanagan; one sister, Aldie (Pete) Springer, Fisher; four grandchildren; and two great-grandsons.

Hap was a member of Salem Church, Gridley.

He had worked at the Standard Oil Station in Flanagan for five years before driving a gas truck for BP Oil for more than 20 years.

He was a U.S. Navy veteran of World War II.

Hap was a die-hard Cub fan and attended 13 spring trainings in Arizona and also a Cubs Fantasy Camp.


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  • Created by: Ron Parsons
  • Added: Dec 2, 2010
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/62455065/melvin-zehr: accessed ), memorial page for Melvin Zehr (24 Sep 1925–17 Oct 2009), Find a Grave Memorial ID 62455065, citing Waldo Cemetery, Flanagan, Livingston County, Illinois, USA; Maintained by Ron Parsons (contributor 47314678).