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Melba Lee Palmer, beloved mother, grandmother, great-grandmother and great-great-grandmother, passed away peacefully Monday, February 24, 2003 in Burlington, Washington. Formerly of Rio Rancho, New Mexico and Milwankie, Oregon, she had been a resident of Burlington since June 1997. Melba was born on November 22, 1903 in Halstead, Kansas to Anna Lee Van Horn Voth and Henry Peter Voth. She completed her education in Ellinwood, KS and moved to California where she worked as a model and had clerical jobs, and married Francis Fisher Mortson. She later married Ray Galen Palmer who preceded her in death in March 1978. Melba was also preceded in death by her first grandson, Robin Ray McGeary in December 1969. She is survived by her daughter, Patricia Lee Mortson Bartelmey ; son-in-law, Dale Roy Bartelmey, Sr.; six grandchildren, Randall Jay Tidd, Richard Clay Tidd, Lucinda Lee Tidd, Ronald William Tidd, Margo Anne Tidd Evans, and Rodney Francis Tidd; 14 great-grandchildren; and four great-great-grandchildren; one nephew, Calvin Voth of Ellinwood, KS; and two nieces, Joan Voth of Great Bend, KS and Jacque Gegen of Wichita, KS. Melba will be entombed at Sunset Memorial Park, 924 Menaul NE, next to her deceased husband, Ray Palmer. French Mortuary 1111 University Blvd. NE 843-6333
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