Funeral services for Frieda E. Melcher, 86, of New Albany, will be at noon Tuesday, Nov. 6, at the Oak Street Chapel of Seabrook, Dieckmann and Naville Funeral Homes in New Albany, with burial in Kraft-Graceland Memorial Park. She died Friday, Nov. 2, 2012, in Batesville, Ark.
She was the former Frieda Keach, a native of New Albany, and a member of Graceland Baptist Church.
Survivors include a daughter, Donna Jo Himelrick; four sons, Robin Melcher and his wife, Agnes, Carl D. Melcher, David E. Melcher and William C. Melcher; a sister, Juanita Gilpin; seven grandchildren and three great grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her husband, William Melcher; parents, Corwin B. Keach and Irene Porter; a daughter, Carolyn Baker and a brother, Floyd Keach.
Visitation at the funeral home will be from 3 to 8 p.m. Monday, Nov. 5, and from 10 a.m. to noon on Tuesday.
The family requests expressions of sympathy take the form of contributions to Graceland Baptist Church.
Obituaries
November 4, 2012
Frieda E. Melcher
86; of New Albany
- Obituaries
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- Bernice Brock, 95; of Georgetown
- Larkin ‘Bud’ Lee Cochran, 60; of Charlestown
- Henry A. Gesenhues, 82; of New Albany
- James M. Gilfoy Sr., 80; of Jeffersonville
- Franklin M. ‘Frank’ Dills, 84; of Sellersburg
- William Charles “Tex” Hartman, 70; of Corydon
- Victor Eugene Perkins, 85; of Jeffersonville
- William Edward Quick, 73; of Ft. Smith, Ark.
- Mary Anna Kinzer Simcox, 99; of Elizabeth
- Maysel Irene Abbott Wright, 92; of Borden
- Jun 17, 2013
- Robert ‘Bobby Dale’ Genet, 60; of Clarksville
- John Thomas Kern Jr., 53; of Charlestown
- Kevin R. ‘Bubby’ Miller, 32; of New Albany
- Charles E. Riley, 43; of New Albany
- Annette Marie Winders, 52; of Floyds Knobs
- Evelyn ‘Bernice’ Pendleton Wyatt, 85; of Clarksville
- Jun 16, 2013
- Mary E. (Cochran) Erb, 79; of New Albany
- Gerald A. Goldman, 94; of Sellersburg
- Jun 14, 2013
- Ernestine Clark Turner , 78; of Jeffersonville
- Donald Robinson, 76; of Utica


