TimesLeader.com

Jean Melville

October 10, 2009

Jean Bichler Melville, of Chinchilla died Saturday morning, Oct. 10, at Mountain View Care Center in Scranton. She was the widow of Belmont P. Melville who died in 1965.

click image to enlarge

Select images available for purchase in the
Times Leader Photo Store

Born in Taylor, she was the daughter of the late Gustave and Mamie Curtis Bichler. Prior to her retirement in 2001, she was employed with Nichols Village in Clarks Summit. She was a woman of Methodist faith who cared deeply for her family.

Surviving is a brother, Robert Bichler and his wife, Evelyn, Buffalo, N.Y.; sister, Mary Swienckowski, Torrington, Conn.; sister-in-law, Josephine Bichler, Chinchilla; nephew, Curt Bichler, Scranton; caregivers, Deborah Bichler, Lake Winola, and Beverly Peckham, Carlisle, and several nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by four brothers, David, Earl, Charles, and Gustave and a sister, Mabel Salmons.

A funeral was to be Tuesday from the Lawrence E. Young Funeral Home, 418 S. State St., Clarks Summit with services by Rev. Barbara Synder, pastor of the Waverly United Methodist Church. Interment will be in Shady Lane Cemetery, Chinchilla.

Memorials may be made to Make-A-Wish Foundation of America, P.O. Box 29119, Phoenix, AZ, 85038-9119 or the donor’s favorite charity.

For directions or to send an online condolence, go to www.lawrenceeyoungfuneralhome.com.