:Advocate Journal Sterling, Colorado 11-01-01 : : Rachel Melchior, 92, of Sterling, passed away Wednesday, Oct. 25, 2001 in : Sterling. : : Visitation will be held from 10 a.m. until 6 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 30, at : Chaney-Reager Funeral Home. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. on : Wednesday, Oct. 31, at Chaney-Reager Funeral Home with Rev. Spencer Green : officiating. Burial will be at Riverside Cemetery. : : Mrs. Melchior was born June 23, 1909 to John and Marie Barbara (Heimbechner) : Heimbegner in Sedgwick. : : On April 10, 1928 she married John Melchior in Holyoke. After farming : several years in the Sedgwick County area, they moved to Las Animas, where : they farmed for 30 years. They moved to Sterling upon retirement in 1977. : She was of the Lutheran faith. : : Mrs. Melchior is survived by one sister, Pauline Winger of Bremerton, Wash.; : three granddaughters, Linda Gallegos and husband Mike of Del Norte, Kathleen : Kiefer and husband Scott of Lincoln, Neb., and Janet Bodaness and husband : Spencer of Sterling; one special niece, Isabel VanNorman of Sterling; one : special nephew, Kenneth Heimbegner of Sterling; 10 great-grandchildren, Amy, : Christy, Lori, Mika and Samantha Gallegos, Kimberly and Megan Kiefer, Joe : and Branden Bodaness, and MistiKae Reeves and husband Tony; one : great-great-grandchild, Tyus Gallegos. : : She was preceded in death by her husband John Melchior; two sons, John and : Edward Melchior; and eight brothers and sisters. : : -PAID MEMORIAL : : : : : : : -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------ : : © 1999-2001 MediaNews Group, Inc. and Eastern Colorado Publishing Co. : Today's Date : Thursday, November 01, 2001 : Today's Weather : High: 64° : Low: 32° : : : : : : _________________________________________________________________ : Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp : : :