Melvin “Mel” Cameron, 85, Pierceton, and former resident of Rochester, died at 11:10 a.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2020, at his residence.
He was born on Jan. 15, 1935, in Decatur, Ill.
In 1954, he enlisted in the U.S. Navy and served in the Korean Conflict until his honorable discharge in 1958. Afterwards he continued serving in the Navy Reserves and the Civil Air Patrol out of St. Louis, Mo.
Melvin’s life will be celebrated with a private memorial service at a later date. He will be laid to rest in Sand Creek Cemetery in Windsor, Ill.
Arrangements were entrusted to Redpath-Fruth Funeral Home, Warsaw.
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