Mel Anielak

Name: Visitation
Start: 12/26/2012 05:00 PM
End: 12/26/2012 08:00 PM
Location: Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel

December 12, 1944 — December 23, 2012

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Visitation

Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel - Benton

Wednesday, December 26, 2012

5:00 - 8:00 pm (Central time)

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Visitation

St. Denis Catholic Church

Thursday, December 27, 2012

9:00 - 10:30 am (Central time)

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Funeral Mass

St. Denis Catholic Church

Thursday, December 27, 2012

Starts at 10:30 am (Central time)

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Interment

St. Denis Cemetery

Thursday, December 27, 2012

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Mel Anielak

Melvin Dennis Anielak, 68, of Benton, M0., died Sunday, Dec. 23, 2012 in St. Louis, Mo. He was born Dec. 12, 1944 in St. Louis, Mo., to the late Walter Stanislaus and Rose Drozkowska Anielak. He grew up in St. Louis and was a 1962 graduate of St. John the Baptist High School and a 1965 graduate of the David Ranken Jr. School of Mechanical Trades. He worked as a computer technician from 1965 until his retirement in 2012. He was an avid lifelong gardener and lavished care and attention on the dog and cat companions who graced his life. On Oct. 4, 1969 in St. Louis, he married Sharon Frances Gunter who survives of the home. He is also survived by a sister, Arlene Husemann of Creve Coeur, Mo., and many nieces and nephews, cousins, in-laws and friends. Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m., on Wednesday, December 26, 2012 at Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel in Benton, and Thursday, December 27, 2012 from 9 a.m., until time of service at St. Denis Catholic church in Benton. Funeral mass will be at 10:30 a.m., Thursday at the church with Rev. Michael Casteel as celebrant. Burial will be in the St. Denis Catholic Cemetery.

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