Melba Jan Heath, 69, of Iola died Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2012, at Allen County Hospital in Iola.
Melba was born Oct. 1, 1942, in Madill, Okla., the daughter of Otto Wall and Roberta Christine (Collins) Byrd. She graduated from high school in Pratt. In 1960, she married Clayton Eugene Dunham, and they made their home in the Kansas City area. He preceded her in death in 1985.
In 1986, Melba married Donald Gene Heath, and they made their home in the Springfield, Mo., area until recently moving to Iola. She was a Baptist.
She is survived by her husband of the home; two sons, Clayton “Bud” E. Dunham Jr. and Charles “Chuck” Dunham; a daughter, Elizabeth Christine “Chris” Heimberg and her husband, Steven, Wichita; two brothers, Vernon and Terry Byrd; a number of grandchildren and great-grandchildren; and kids who were important to them in life, calling them PaPaw and MaMaw, Dustin Baker, Nita Baker, Donny Morehead and Crystal Teerlink.
She was preceded in death by a sister, Peggy Jo Roberts.
Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday at Waugh-Yokum & Friskel Memorial Chapel in Iola. The Rev. Michael Quinn will officiate. Burial will be in Highland Cemetery in Iola.
Online condolences for the family may be left at www.iolafuneral.com.
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