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Nancy J. Ogden Melling
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Nancy J. Ogden Melling
85 of Indianapolis, Indiana passed away on April 22, 2025. Nancy was born on May 21, 1939, in Indianapolis, Indiana to the late Claude and Rosabelle Ogden. She was a graduate of Arsenal Technical High School. She retired after thirty years from Western Electric. She was a member of Tuxedo Park Baptist Church. She was preceded in death by her children Phillip, Allen and Freddie Melling, brothers Jimmy Ogden and Claude Ogden, Jr., sisters Nellie Christ, Betty Hamilton, Edith Hicks, Jeanette Strean, Roseanne Ogden and Pricilla Odgen. She is survived by her children Lewis (Diann) Melling and Trinna (Paul Thomas) Melling, sister Phyllis Barron, nine grandchildren and twelve great grandchildren. Visitation will be Friday, May 2, 2025, from 11 am to 1 pm at Flanner Buchanan-Floral Park. Funeral service will be Friday, May 2, 2025, at 1 pm at Flanner Buchanan-Floral Park. Burial will follow at Floral Park Cemetery.
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425 N. Holt Rd., Indianapolis, IN 46222
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