Melvin Charles Yerxa

1998 Charlotte Shopping Guide obituaries, Eaton County, Michigan

Melvin C. Yerxa, age 67, of Mecosta, formerly of Eaton Rapids, died Friday, September 11, 1998. Born February 20, 1931, in Detroit the youngest of 5 children born to Guy and Esther (Lettlefield) Yerxa. Mel was a member of the Michigan National Guard and served in the Army during the Korean Conflict. He married Joyce Twichell during his military career at Ft. Gordon, Georgia and on September 1st of this year celebrated 47 years of marriage. Mel retired from General Motors in Lansing after 30 years of service and was a member of the U.A.W. Local #652 of Lansing. Upon retirement they moved to their home in Mescosta and had lived there 12 years. After retirement he was active in Square Dancing, joining the Chippewa Chiefs & Squaws Square Dancing Club, an accomplished woodworker and musician who loved hunting and fishing and had a Jewelry Business setting and cutting stones he had found along his many travels. Preceding him in death are his parents and 4 siblings, LeRoy, Felton and Phillip Yerxa and Florence Hunter.

Surviving are his wife Joyce; son, Steven (Rose) Yerxa of Lynnville, TN; and daughter, Pam (Ron) Morrow of Girard, IL; 8 grandchildren; sister-in- law, Mary Yerxa of Eaton Rapids, brother-in-law, Floyd Hunter of Oregon; numerous nieces and nephews.

Funeral services will be held Tuesday, September 15th at 1:00 p.m. from Skinner Funeral Home in Eaton Rapids with the Rev. Marty DeBow of the Robbins United Methodist Church officiating. Interment to follow in the Rosehill Cemetery in Eaton Rapids. Casket bearers are Steven Yerxa, Ron Morrow, William Morrow, Joe Yerxa, Dick Taylor and Jason Burgess, honorary bearers are, Steven Morrow and Cecil Burgess. For those desiring, a memorial contribution may be made to the American Heart Association, 271 Woodland Pass, Suite 110, East Lansing MI 48823-2060 in memory of Melvin C. Yerxa.