Mrs. Dorothy A. Meltabarger, 73, of 601 b Jackson St., a former resident of Meta, died Sunday at a Columbia hospital. A native of Maries County, Mrs. Meltabarger was born Feb. 17, 1906, a daughter of William and Eva Barnhart Champlian.
On June 12, 1926, at Meta, she was married to John B. Meltabarger, who died March 10, 1970. Mrs. Meltabarger spent most of her life in the Meta or Henley areas. She had resided in Jefferson City for the past nine months.
Survivors include: Two sons, William A. Meltabarger, Bridgeton, and John B. Meltabarger, LeMay; two daughters, Mrs. Edris Horn and Mrs. Iris Wicker, both of Jefferson City. Five brothers, John Champlian and Leonard Champlian, both of Meta, Harold Champlian, Villa Ridge, Roe Champlian, Glencoe, and Joe Champlian, Jefferson City; three sisters, Mrs. Ida Prater, Meta, Mrs. Mary Schrimpf, Hardy, Ark., and Mrs. Geneva Crane, Rolla; her mother, Mrs. Eva B. Champlian, Jefferson City; nine grandchildren, and six great-grandchildren.
The funeral was conducted at 1 p.m., Wednesday, at the Stevinson Funeral Home, Meta, with the Rev. Earl Jones officiating. Burial was in the Meta Southside Cemetery.
Mrs. Dorothy A. Meltabarger, 73, of 601 b Jackson St., a former resident of Meta, died Sunday at a Columbia hospital. A native of Maries County, Mrs. Meltabarger was born Feb. 17, 1906, a daughter of William and Eva Barnhart Champlian.
On June 12, 1926, at Meta, she was married to John B. Meltabarger, who died March 10, 1970. Mrs. Meltabarger spent most of her life in the Meta or Henley areas. She had resided in Jefferson City for the past nine months.
Survivors include: Two sons, William A. Meltabarger, Bridgeton, and John B. Meltabarger, LeMay; two daughters, Mrs. Edris Horn and Mrs. Iris Wicker, both of Jefferson City. Five brothers, John Champlian and Leonard Champlian, both of Meta, Harold Champlian, Villa Ridge, Roe Champlian, Glencoe, and Joe Champlian, Jefferson City; three sisters, Mrs. Ida Prater, Meta, Mrs. Mary Schrimpf, Hardy, Ark., and Mrs. Geneva Crane, Rolla; her mother, Mrs. Eva B. Champlian, Jefferson City; nine grandchildren, and six great-grandchildren.
The funeral was conducted at 1 p.m., Wednesday, at the Stevinson Funeral Home, Meta, with the Rev. Earl Jones officiating. Burial was in the Meta Southside Cemetery.
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Herod Alexander Champlain
1904–1963
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May Louisa Champlain Moore
1907–1941
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Ida Pearl Champlain Prater
1908–1999
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William Jennings Champlain
1910–1910
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Joseph Winfield Champlain
1911–1996
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Woodrow David Harrison Champlain
1912–1963
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Roe Nelson Champlain
1914–2000
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Geneva L Champlain Crane
1916–2000
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Leonard Ivan Champlain Sr
1917–2005
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Mary Ellen Champlain Schrimpf
1919–1993
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Harold Henry Champlain
1925–2006
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John Michael Champlain
1928–1992
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