Melvin C Steele, Sr.

1913 - 1998  (85 years)

• Name	Melvin C Steele
  Suffix	Sr.
  Born	30 Mar 1913	Rossville, Shawnee County, Kansas
  Gender	Male
  Died	22 Oct 1998	Norwalk, Los Angeles County, California
  Buried	Maple Hill Cemetery, Maple Hill, Wabaunsee County, Kansas
  Person ID	I6469	Rossville
  Last Modified	25 Dec 2019

  
  

  Father	Lloyd B Steele,   b. 1887, West Virginia ,   d. 27 Dec 1950, Maple Hill, Wabaunsee County, Kansas  (Age 63 years)
  Mother	Nettie Lemon Steele,   b. 19 Jan 1893,   d. 19 May 1951  (Age 58 years)
  Family ID	F7808	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Pauline Plumley Steele
  Married	Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas
  Divorced	YES
  Children	1. Melvin C.A. Steele, Jr.   2. Ronald F Steele   3. Robert W Steele   4. Beverly J Steele Gagney   5. Donald Steele
  Last Modified	16 Jun 2018 08:48:01
  Family ID	F7809	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Buried - - Maple Hill Cemetery, Maple Hill, Wabaunsee County, Kansas  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Documents

  Obituary- Steele, Melvin Melvin C. Steele Sr. MAPLE HILL - Melvin C. Steele Sr., 85, formerly of Maple Hill, died Thursday, Oct. 22, 1998, at a Norwalk, Calif., nursing home. Mr. Steele was an auto worker for General Motors in California. He was born March 30, 1913, at Rossville, the son of Lloyd B. and Nettie Lemon Steele. He was graduated from Maple Hill High School, and he had lived in Topeka until the late 1930s. He was married to Pauline Plumley in Topeka. They were divorced. Survivors include three sons, Melvin C.A. Steele Jr. and Ronald F. Steele, both in California, and Robert W. Steele, Cerritos, Calif.; a daughter, Beverly J. Gagney, in California; four brothers, Merle Steele, Norman Steele and Carl Steele, all of Topeka, and Lloyd "Dale" Steele, Denver City, Colo.; four sisters, Wanda Godlove, Ethel Klass and Edna Snook, all of Topeka, and Ruby Blossom, Warner Robbins, Ga.; eight grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren. Mr. Steele was preceded in death by a son, Donald Steele. Graveside services will be at 2 p.m. Monday at Maple Hill Cemetery at Maple Hill. Mr. Steele will lie in state after noon Sunday at Davidson Funeral Home in Topeka where relatives and friends will meet from 3 to 4 p.m. Memorial contributions may be made to the charity of the donor’s choice and sent in care of the funeral home.