A daughter of John Ellison Archer and Rachel Jane Raines.
The wife of 1) William H Menking, and 2) Henry Klein Hanekamp.
The sister of:
George McClellan
Samuel Ellison
Mary Elizabeth
Benjamin
Clinton
Joseph B
Ella J
Emery Loyd
Mary Etta
Clara Belle
John William
Absalom Arthur
Anna May
Hattie Evalyn
Minnie Violet

The mother of:
Bertha Mae
Herman Roy
Verner Eugene
Florence Bernice
Emma Clara

The Nebraska Signal 12 March 1931 front page.

Hanekamp, Lydia Melissa— Mrs William H Menking died at her home in Geneva at 8:15 p.m. Wednesday, 4 March 1931. She had suffered a stroke of paralysis a few days before.

The Nebraska Signal 05 March 1931 pg. 8

Lydia Melissa Archer was born in Coates, Illinois, on 10 December 1868. She came when but a small child with her parents to Fillmore County, Nebraska, settling in the Chelsea community.

She was married 7 March 1888 to Henry Klein Hanekamp.

They had 5 children, all of whom survive their mother. Mrs Bertha Goeury of Lodgepole, Nebraska
Mrs Florence Christiancy
Roy
Verner
Emma Hanekamp, all of Geneva.

There are 5 brothers and 2 sisters left to mourn her departure.

George Archer of Gentry, Arkansas
Samuel of Jet, Oklahoma
Emery of Akron, Colorado
Arthur of Hebron, Nebraska
John of Geneva.

Minnie Boruff of Medford, Oklahoma
Anna Slaybaugh of Geneva.

She leaves also 6 grandchildren.

On 16 June 1924 she was united in marriage to William H. Menking, who also survives her.

In early life she joined the United Brethren Church at Chelsea, later the Methodist Church and after moving to Geneva, transferred her membership to the church here.

She had been in ill health for some time and on 20 February suffered a paralytic stroke from which she failed to recover. The end came in the evening of 4 March 1931. She was 62 years, 2 months and 24 days.

Funeral services were held in the United Brethren church in the charge of Rev. E. H. Pontius. Interment was in the Geneva Cemetery.

She is buried next to her 1st husband, Henry Klein Hanekamp.