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Melbourne "Mel" J. Trampel
1936 - 1995
- Rockwell, IA - Melbourne "Mel" J. Trampel, 59, of
11322 Killdeer, Rockwell, died Tuesday (Sept. 5, 1995) at his home.
Funeral services will be held at 9 a.m. Saturday at Bethlehem Lutheran
Church, 419 N. Delaware Ave., Mason City, with the Rev. Frederick J. Wood
officiating. Interment will be in Memorial Park Cemetery, Mason City.
Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Friday at Hogan-Bremer Colonial
Chapel, 126 Third St. N.E. The family suggests memorials to the Bethlehem
Lutheran Church in his memory.
Mel was born May 5, 1936, in Klemme, the son of John P. Trampel and Minnie
Trampel (nee) Beek. He was baptized in the Immanuel Reformed Church,
Klemme, and confirmed in the Bethlehem Lutheran Church, Mason City. Mel
graduated from Clear Lake High School in 1955. Mel married Carol J. Kinne
on Feb. 23, 1958, at Trinity Lutheran Church, Algona. They lived on a farm
near Rockwell for 13 years. While farming, he also drove a milk truck for
State Brand Creamery, Mason City. In April of 1972 they moved to Fertile.
Mel went to work at Winnebago Industries on the production assembly line
where he has continued to work. They later moved to rural Clear Lake,
Swaledale and then in October of 1985 moved back to the family farm in
rural Rockwell. Mel loved wood working, working on the family farm, the
animals on the farm and most of all, he loved his grandchildren. He was a
member of the Bethlehem Lutheran Church, Mason City.
Mel is survived by his wife, Carol Trampel of Rockwell; three children,
Debra Cunningham and her husband, Tom of Forest City; Dan Trampel of
Rockwell; and Darla Reed and her husband, Jim, of Dougherty; two brothers,
Ronald Trampel and his wife, Kay, of Clear Lake, and Merlyn Trampel and
his wife, Nylene, of Rockwell; five grandchildren, Nickolas Cunningham,
Jacob Cunningham, Joshua Cunningham, Matthew Reed and Larry Trampel; and
several nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his parents; and
in-laws, Henry O.E. and Lydia Kinne.
- source: Mason City Globe Gazette, 9 Sep 1995
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- Melbourne John Trampel: born 5 May 1936 Klemme,
Hancock County, Iowa - died 5 Sep 1995 Mason City, Cerro Gordo County, Iowa
Grave marker at Memorial Park Cemetery, Mason City, Cerro Gordo County, Iowa
- Husband of: Carol J Kinne, born 1939 -
died 2014
- Father of:
- Darla Carol Trampel Reed (1966-2008)
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- source: Find-A-Grave, memorial# 63012320
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