Melvin Hamm

Melvin B. Hamm, Sr., age 81, of Thomson, Illinois, died Sunday, July 4, 2010, at Harbor Crest Nursing Facility, Fulton, Illinois. Cremation rites have been accorded. A graveside memorial service will be held at 10:00 a.m., Thursday, July 8, 2010 at the Lower York Cemetery, Thomson. A memorial fund has been established in Melvin’s memory.

Melvin was born on April 28, 1929 in Morrison, Illinois the son of William and Edith (McDonald) Hamm. Melvin worked for Agrico in Fulton as an End loader Operator for nineteen years. He later went to work for Drives in Fulton and McGinnis Melon Market in Thomson. Melvin loved raising rabbits and he enjoyed working on the McGinnis Farm with Jake and Cora McGinnis.

Melvin will be dearly missed by three daughters, Barbara (Don) Wagner of Holly, Michigan, Dawn (Robert) Eshelman of Fulton, Illinois, Glenna Barragan of Savanna, Illinois; two sons, Gary (Lori) Hamm of Tooele, Utah, and Melvin Hamm Jr. of Sterling, Illinois; eleven grandchildren; nineteen great grandchildren; four sisters, Betty (Del) Dellinger of Missouri, Clara Bauer of Wacker, Illinois, Shirley Rieland of Clinton, Iowa and Paulette (Lloyd) Hamilton, Jr. of Savanna; and two brothers, Carl Hamm of Fulton and Doug Hamm of Clinton.

Melvin is preceded in death by his parents; two sisters, Evelyn Dietrich and Cora McGinnis; two brothers, William “Boots” Hamm and Francis Hamm; one daughter, Debra Hamm; two sons, Dennis and Karl Hamm; and one great grandson, Jamison Wagner.