Wasco-Lane-Yamhill County OR Archives Obituaries.....Melton, Sue Ellen June 10, 2004
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The Dalles Chronicle,  June 1, 2004
     Sue Ellen Melton, 57, a resident of The Dalles, died Thursday, June 10, 
2004 at a Portland care facility.
     She was born Oct. 2, 1946 in Cottage Grove, to Robert John and Ruby 
Ceneth (Allen) Cherry and grew up there, graduating from Cottage Grove High 
School in 1964. Following high school she moved to The Dalles with her family 
in the summer of 1964. She married Morris L. Melton at Calvary Baptist Church 
in The Dalles on Nov. 7, 1965. She worked for School District 9 as a teaching 
assistant in special education for 12 years, retiring in 1996. She moved to 
McMinnville in 1998 and back to The Dalles in 2001.
     She enjoyed family gatherings and time spent with her grandchildren, 
traveling around the country in their 5th wheel trailer and vacationing at the 
beach.
     Survivors include her husband, Morris, of The Dalles; her sons and their 
families, Shane and Heidi Melton of Wilsonville and Lance and Danielle Melton 
of The Dalles, parents Robert and Ruby Cherry of The Dalles, her brother John 
A. (Jack) Cherry of The Dalles, sister Colleen Dunn of Enumclaw, Wash., and 
grandchildren Matt, Amanda and Alexis Melton of The Dalles.
     Services in celebration of her life will be held on Monday, June 14, 2004 
at 2 p.m. at the Rowena Baptist Church with Pastor George Clark presiding. 
Memorial contributions may be made to Relay For Life, c/o Nikki Moleli, 700 
Union Street, #203, The Dalles, OR 97058. Arrangements are by Columbia 
Cremation & Burial.


Additional Comments:
Written permission to reprint given by The Dalles Chronicle, The Dalles, 
Oregon, Dan Spatz, Editor (e-mail dated 3/7/2006).


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