Melinda Calverley, Janesville  (1940 - 2009)

May 1, 1940 - June 5, 2009
Melinda Calverley, 69, died on Friday, June 5, 2009, at the Our House Memory Care Facility, after a long struggle with Alzheimer’s disease. Melinda was born in Indianapolis on May 1, 1940, the daughter of John F. and Connie (Moore) Miller. She grew up in Vincennes, IN, and in 1962 she graduated from Indiana University School of Nursing. After graduation, Melinda worked at Riley Children’s Hospital in Indianapolis as a nurse and teacher for four years. She had a special love for the children admitted to the hospital for treatment. Most of the children had serious injuries or illnesses, and Melinda had many stories to tell about them and their families. On Dec. 26, 1966, Melinda and David L. Calverley were married in Vincennes, IN. They lived in four communities in Indiana over a twenty-year period, and in 1986 they moved to Janesville, WI. Melinda’s devotion to helping others led her to volunteering at Cargill United Methodist Church in various roles, including serving as the Lay Leader; helping with the Mercy Health System Association of Volunteers as a board member and school tour guide at the hospital, being a member of PEO (Chapter AY), and assisting in the Janesville School District’s Reading Program. Melinda was decisive and strong-minded, and her attitude was that with God’s love, there is no task too big to undertake.
Survivors include her husband, David; daughter, Ann of Elgin, IL; son, Dan of Janesville; aunt, Winslow Price; cousin, Dana Burton; both of Louisville, KY; stepbrother, Tom Cronk; and stepsister, Susan Glover.
Visitation will be from 4 until 7 p.m. on Friday, June 12, 2009, at HENKE-CLARSON FUNERAL HOME, 1010 N. Wright Rd., Janesville. Visitation will also be from 10 until 11 a.m. Saturday, June 13, at CARGILL UNITED METHODIST CHURCH, 2000 Wesley Ave., Janesville, with the funeral service at 11 a.m. Rev. Mark Gilbert will be officiating. Memorials in Melinda's name may be made to Cargill United Methodist Church, HospiceCare, Inc. of Janesville, or the Alzheimer’s Support Center of Janesville. BRIAN HANSEN, 608-752-8800, IS ASSISTING THE FAMILY.
The family offers special thanks to the Our House Memory Care staff and the HospiceCare caregivers for their love and support.
“O Lord, with your eyes you have searched me, and while smiling, have spoken my name.” From the hymn, Lord, You Have Come to the Lakeshore, by Cesareo Gabarain.