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Melba M. Ross Meakin

Passed peacefully into the arms of her Savior and our Lord, Jesus Christ, in the early morning hours of January 11, 2017. Born to Pastors C.O. and M.M. Ross in Tillamook, Oregon. Survived by husband Hugh, by children Tamara, Edward, Karen, Sarah and Philip, and by nine grandchildren. Founder of the James S. Brady Therapeutic Riding Program, a program of Horses in California, Inc. aka Student League of San Francisco, and Founder of Christ Bearers Church. Her philosophy of life is presented in "Melba and The Student League" by Walter Blum, California Living Magazine, color supplement to the San Francisco Sunday Examiner & Chronicle, November 20, 1977. Memorial Service: Wednesday, March 8th, 2017 2pm at Grace Cathedral, 1100 California St., San Francisco. In lieu of flowers, Melba's wishes were for memorial donations to be made to James Brady Therapeutic Riding Program (JBTRP) via www.bradytherapeuticriding.org.

To plant trees in memory, please visit the Sympathy Store.

Published by San Francisco Chronicle from Feb. 18 to Feb. 22, 2017.

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