Melvin Griepenstroh
Memorial services were held for Melvin John Griepenstroh, 74, of Nampa, Idaho, on Feb. 24 at St. Paul Lutheran Church, Harlingen, Texas.
He died Feb. 20, 2003, at Valley Baptist Medical Center, Harlingen.
He was born Oct. 28, 1928, in Nebraska City, Neb., the son of John and Christine (Poppe) Griepenstroh.
He graduated from Nebraska City High School in May 1945, and served two years in the U.S. Navy from 1946 to 1948.
He was married to Lorraine Doris Nelson Jan. 9, 1949, in Hebron Lutheran Church at Burdick. They moved to Idaho in 1959. His wife died Feb. 3, 2001. He was a member of Trinity Lutheran Church in Nampa, Idaho. He was preceded in death by his wife, his parents, and two brothers.
He is survived by a sister and brother of Nebraska City, Neb.
