Manuel Melim Jr.
LOWELL Manuel Melim Jr., 96, of Lowell, passed away peacefully, Saturday, April 27, 2019, at Westford House after a brief illness. He was a son of the late Manuel and the late Maria (Gonsalves) Melim, natives of Madeira Island, Portugal.
Born
September 15, 1922, in Lowell, he was educated in the local schools and
graduated from Lowell High School. He then went on to attend Aircraft
Maintenance School.
Manuel served with the United States Navy
during World War II and during the Korean Conflict as a gunner's mate
for eleven years, serving aboard the USS Tarawa from 1942 until 1954 and
the USS Fasron 2. After his honorable discharge, he become employed
with the United States Government at Hanscom Air Force Base in Bedford
as an aircraft maintenance technician where he worked for over twenty
two years until his retirement.
He made his lifelong home
in Lowell and was a communicant of St. Anthony Church. He was a member
of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, Post 662, Walker Rogers.
He is
survived by his sisters, Isabel Bello of Lowell, Maria Neves of Lowell,
and Constance Sweeney and her husband, James, of Lowell; his nieces and
nephews, Isabel 'Dolly' Sturman of Cambridge, Joan Bello of Woburn, and
Judy Wagner and her husband, Bob, of Seattle, WA, James P. Sweeney and
his wife, Verne, of Ohio, and Robert M. Sweeney and his wife, Emily, of
CA; as well as several grand nieces and grand nephews.
He was
predeceased by his brothers, George Melim and Anthony Melim, his
brother-in-law, John Neves, and his niece and nephew, Maureen Neves
Caires and Daniel Bello.
Manuel's family would like to extend a
special thank you to the Westford House and Compassus Hospice for the
special care he received while under their care.
FUNERAL
SERVICES FOR MANUEL WERE HELD PRIVATELY. BURIAL TOOK PLACE IN ST.
PATRICK CEMETERY. ARRANGEMENTS BY THE MCDONOUGH FUNERAL HOME, 14
HIGHLAND STREET, LOWELL 978-458-6816
