Mildred E (Wood) Melton
Oct 2, 1926 - Jun 3, 2017
Posted by: Ann Weber
 

STUMPFF FUNERAL HOME
BARTLESVILLE, WASHINGTON CO, OK
(permission granted)

Mrs. Mildred E. Melton, 90, of the Sunset Lake area west of Bartlesville, died at 4:41 P.M. on Saturday, June 3, 2017 at the Medicalodge of Dewey.

Visitation for Mrs. Melton will be held at the Stumpff Funeral Home until 11 A.M. on Thursday.

Funeral services for Mrs. Melton will be held at 2 P.M. on Thursday, June 8, 2017 at the Spirit Church with Pastor Darryl Wootton officiating. Interment will be in the Memorial Park Cemetery directed by the Stumpff Funeral Home & Crematory.

In lieu of flowers, the family suggests donations for music programs to be made to the Bartlesville Public School Foundation, c/o the Bartlesville Community Foundation, 208 East 4th Street, Bartlesville, Oklahoma, 74003.

Mrs. Melton was born at Strunk, Kentucky on October 2, 1926 to Claude and Edith (Sears) Wood. She came to the Bartlesville area as a child and received some of her education in Bartlesville and graduated from high school at Tishomingo. She was married to W.S. (Bobby) Melton on April 8, 1944 in Bartlesville. Mr. and Mrs. Melton made their home in the Bartlesville area all of their married Life. She was a stay at home mom until 1962 when she was employed at Hometown Grocery and was then employed by Phillips 66 until 1972. She was a member of the Spirit Church in Bartlesville.

Survivors include two sons, W.S. Bobby) Melton Jr. and wife Julie of the Sunset Lake area and Richard Melton of California, one daughter, Judy Hale of the Sunset Lake area, a brother, Robert (Sonny) Wood of Bartlesville, four grandchildren, Robbie Melton of Bartlesville, Joshua Hale of the Sunset Lake area, Roseann of Texas and Christina of Bartlesville, several great grandchildren and two great great grandchildren.

Mrs. Melton was preceded in death by her parents, a son in infancy, Robert Eugene Melton and her husband, W.S. (Bobby) Melton on March 10, 2017.