NEW CASTLE--Melvin Castle Jr., 80, died Saturday in Henry County Memorial Hospital after a long illness.
A New Castle resident for 58 years, he retired in 1976 from Ingersoll Steel Corp. after 30 years. He was an Army veteran of World War II.
Survivors: his wife of 56 years, Jewell D. Nickell Castle; two daughters, Karlotta Barkley and Veronica Ann Brooks; a son, Judy Castle; three sisters, Wilma Douglas, Betty Webb Grider and Mary Lou Rogers; three brothers, Chester, Kenneth and Gordon Castle; eight grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.
Preceded in death: three brothers and a sister.
Services: 10:30 a.m. today, Macer-Hall Funeral Home.
Burial: South Mound Cemetery, with military rites by American Legion and VFW.
NEW CASTLE--Melvin Castle Jr., 80, died Saturday in Henry County Memorial Hospital after a long illness.
A New Castle resident for 58 years, he retired in 1976 from Ingersoll Steel Corp. after 30 years. He was an Army veteran of World War II.
Survivors: his wife of 56 years, Jewell D. Nickell Castle; two daughters, Karlotta Barkley and Veronica Ann Brooks; a son, Judy Castle; three sisters, Wilma Douglas, Betty Webb Grider and Mary Lou Rogers; three brothers, Chester, Kenneth and Gordon Castle; eight grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.
Preceded in death: three brothers and a sister.
Services: 10:30 a.m. today, Macer-Hall Funeral Home.
Burial: South Mound Cemetery, with military rites by American Legion and VFW.
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