MELBA PETTY

A memorial service for Melba L. Koenig Petty of O'Fallon was held Monday at Baue Chapel in O'Fallon. Burial was in St. Charles Memorial Gardens.

Petty, 74, died Tuesday, June 8, 1999, at St. Joseph Health Center in St. Charles.

She was born May 12, 1925, at Pocahontas. She married Oscar L. Petty, who preceded her in death.

Petty was a supervisor/assembler at Alco Controls in St. Louis 35 years. She was a member of Machinists Local 345.

Survivors include six sisters, Olga Ruessler of Perryville, Rosie Pierce of Cape Girardeau, Leona Thomas of Jackson, Neida Leinger of Glen Allen, Esther Reisenbichler of Chaffee, Olivia Yager of Humboldt, Tenn.; and a brother, Paul Koenig of Farmington.