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Melba was such a light in the community.
She and Bill provided such love and encouragement to so many of the refugee families. We were blessed by their guidance.
Sally Blackburn
February 27, 2010 | San Rafael, CA


Novato, California
Melba Louise Anderson Passed at home February 10, 2010 following a brief illness. Born Melba Avery in Illinois in 1920, she grew up in Indiana with younger sisters Thelma and Martha Nell, who live there still. An adventurous spirit took her to Washington D.C. where she resided in a Quaker-run...
Read MoreMelba was such a light in the community.
She and Bill provided such love and encouragement to so many of the refugee families. We were blessed by their guidance.
Sally Blackburn
February 27, 2010 | San Rafael, CA
The loss of someone so close is difficult to bear. We share your grief.
lois rasmussen
February 22, 2010 | Larkspur, CA
I remember Melba so fondly; so many meetings in that wonderful basement; lunches of delicious veggie soup; manouvering that driveway on a rainy day; long conversations on the deck; feeding refugees at Hamilton. She and Bill made a perfect team--I miss them both.
Anne Towler
February 22, 2010 | Novato, CA