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Melvyn Meckel

Mays Landing, NJ

September 26, 1929 - May 11, 2009

Melvyn Meckel Obituary

Meckel, Melvyn, 79, of Mays Landing, passed away on May 11, 2009. Formerly of Ringwood, NJ, he lived in Mays Landing for the past 20 years. He served in the US Navy from 1948 - 1956, EM1, First Class Petty Officer. He was an electrician for the City of New York for 30 years and worked at the Daily News for 10 years and was a member of IBEW Local #3. He was also a VFW Lifetime member. He is survived by his loving wife of 52 years, Sylvia Patricia Meckel (Lyons), and two daughters: Patricia Petruska (Joseph) of Montvale, NJ and Laura Straub (Paul) of Mays Landing. He has five grandchildren: Justin, Jennifer, and Samantha Straub and Joseph and Phillip Petruska. Viewings will be on Saturday, May 16, from 1-3 PM and 5-7 PM, at the Boakes Funeral Home, 6050 Main St., Mays Landing, where services will be held at 5 PM Saturday. Interment will be private. The family requests that in lieu of flowers, donations may be made to St. Jude's Children's Research Hospital, 501 St. Jude Place, Memphis, TN 38105-1942.

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