died on June 29, 2006 at Horton Hospital, Middletown. She was 75 years old.
Born on October 29, 1930 in New York, NY, she was the daughter of Joseph Linhart and Eleanor Sheehan Linhart.
She was married to the late Joseph A. Melder.
Mrs. Melder was an Executive Secretary with Pius XII School in Chester, New York. She was a parishioner of St. Stephens RC Church, Warwick.
“She was a devoted Mother and Grandmother.”
She is survived by two sons: Joseph G. Melder and his wife Frances, of Warwick and Michael R. Melder, of Warwick; daughter, Lauren Beers and her husband Kenneth, of Warwick; six grandchildren: Brynn Melder, Merideth Melder, Michael Melder, Alyse Beers, Darren Beers and Mallory Beers; three step-grandchildren: Samantha Laroe, Steven Laroe and Caitlin Reilly; brother-in-law Robert Melder of NYC; sister-in-laws Elizabeth Bakay and Dolores Cheour , both of NYC; many nieces and nephews.
Visitation will be on Saturday, July 1st, from 7-9 pm and Sunday, July 2nd, from 2-4 & 7-9 pm at Lazear-Smith & Vander Plaat Memorial Home, 17 Oakland Avenue, Warwick. Mass of Christian Burial will be on at 10am on Monday, July 3rd, at St. Stephens RC Church, Warwick. Interment will follow in St. Stephens Cemetery.
Memorial donations may be sent to St. Anthony’s Community Hospital Building Fund, 15 Maple Ave, Warwick, NY 10990