Dorothy L. Meloy

Dorothy Louise Meloy, 72, died at 10:40 p.m. Monday, June 6, 2005, at Hanover Hospital. She was the loving wife of Thomas Vernon Meloy with whom she shared over 50 years of marriage until his death on March 19, 2005. Born in Millerstown, Sept. 12, 1932, she was the daughter of the late Roscoe and Fay Lewtisha Markle Sarver. Mrs. Meloy graduated from Greenwood High School, Millerstown, in 1950. Pursuing her dream of becoming a nurse, she attended Polyclinic Hospital in Harrisburg where she earned a Registered Nurse Certificate in 1953. On Sept. 5, 1954, she married Thomas V. Meloy. The Meloys eventually relocated to Hanover where Mrs. Meloy accepted a position as a Visiting Nurse with the VNA of Spring Grove and Hanover and for more than 25 years served our community as a respected Enterostomal Therapist. Following retirement, Mrs. Meloy continued to work part time for the VNA as a Chart Reviewer and also as a care giver for her husband during his illness. She was a member St. Mark Lutheran Church, Hanover, and numerous Nursing Organizations statewide. She will be sadly missed by her daughters, Gail and her husband, Robert Kuhn of Hanover, and Victoria and her husband, Dr. Mark Latta of Omaha, Neb.; three grandchildren, Megan and Mary Kate Latta, and Andy Kuhn; her brother, Roy Sarver of Liverpool, Pa.; and her sister, Olga Brookhart of Millerstown. She was also preceded in death by a sister, Fay Montgomery. Relatives and friends are invited to attend Mrs. Meloy's funeral service at 12 noon Tuesday, June 14, 2005, at St. Matthew Lutheran Church, 600 Centerville Road, Millerstown. Viewings will be Monday evening 6 to 8 p.m. at Panebaker Funeral Home, 311 Broadway, Hanover, and at the church Tuesday morning from 11 a.m. to noon. Burial will be at the St. Matthew Lutheran Church Cemetery, Millerstown. Officiating will be the Rev. Eric B. Stenman, assisted by the Rev. Joanne P. Stenman, and the Rev. Scott A. Sager. Memorial contributions may be made to the Hospice of the VNA Spring Grove and Hanover, 440 N. Madison St., Hanover, PA 17331.