PERRYVILLE -- Melvin J. Bader, 60, of Perryville, died Monday, Aug. 30, 1993, at Perry County Memorial Hospital.
He was born July 17, 1933, at Ste. Genevieve, son of John and Irene Geiler Bader.
Bader was a foreman at Mississippi Lime Co. He was a member of Veterans of Foreign Wars and Elks Lodge 267 at Ste. Genevieve, American Legion and Perryville Sportsman Club in Perryville.
Survivors include a son, Todd Bader of Ste. Genevieve; three daughters, Jackie Pfaff and Kelly Bader of Ste. Genevieve, Rhonda Abt of Zell; a brother, Marzen Bader of Zell; two sisters, Lavada Schweiss of River Aux Vases, Juanita Warren of Perryville, and nine grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by a daughter.
Funeral service will be at 10 a.m. Thursday at Church of Ste. Genevieve. The Rev. John Johnson will officiate, with burial in Valle Spring Cemetery there.
Friends may call at Basler Funeral Home in Ste. Genevieve after 3 p.m. today.
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