Melvin Leroy Hankla

1927 - 1988  (61 years)

• Name	Melvin Leroy Hankla
  Born	4 Aug 1927	Tilden, Madison, Nebraska, United States
  Gender	Male
  AFN	4ZVN-2W
  Died	18 Dec 1988	Seattle, King, Washington, United States   [1]
  Buried	21 Dec 1988	Mountain View Cemetery, Walla Walla, Walla Walla, Washington, USA
  Person ID	I1926	Wagner-Thomas | Hallmark
  Last Modified	11 Jan 2014

  
  

  Father	Cecil Wesley Hankla,   b. 18 Mar 1907, Battle Creek, Madison, Nebraska, United States ,   d. 11 Sep 1991, Milton-Freewater, Umatilla, Oregon, United States  (Age 84 years)
  Mother	Pearl Leona Stewart,   b. 27 Jul 1909, Tilden, Madison, Nebraska, United States ,   d. 14 Mar 2002, College Place, Walla Walla, Washington, United States  (Age 92 years)
  Married	14 Dec 1926	Neligh, Antelope, Nebraska, United States
  Family ID	F2499	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Living
  Children	+ 1. Living + 2. Living
  Last Modified	22 Nov 2014
  Family ID	F554	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 4 Aug 1927 - Tilden, Madison, Nebraska, United States Died - 18 Dec 1988 - Seattle, King, Washington, United States Buried - 21 Dec 1988 - Mountain View Cemetery, Walla Walla, Walla Walla, Washington, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  1927 BIRTH: NEB,Antelope Co-Tilden: Melvin LeRoy Hankla born 4 August 1927, son of Cecil & Pearl Hankla, known as Mel 1950 MARRIAGE: Personal knowledge of Janice Smith Hankla Griffiths: "Janice Smith md Melvin LeRoy Hankla at her parents home on 813 W. Willow Street, Walla Walla, Washington, February 10, 1950, by Bishop Jerry Davenport, two children: Joy Lynn Hankla and Tana Lee Hankla." 1988 DEATH,BURIAL: WA,King Co-Seattle: Melvin L Hankla died at University of Washington Hospital of acute leukemia; buried in Mountain View Cemetery in Walla Walla, Washingtron Pam Wagner [some from Jan] "Mel not feeling well at Thanksgiving, when we were altogether at daughter, Joy Wright, in Spokane. He went to Dr, said he needed to go to U of WA Hosp. He had the feeling he would nor return home, walked around home, tears as he did so. Everyone worked so hard with him, his children giving blood for ... I talked with Jan and wanted to be with her, and at my children's encouragement and Bob's insistance [he was in Florida, taking a week's class at Pankey Institute], I flew to Seattle, where Joy picked me up at the airport. It was a very hard but uplifting time together - never saw Jan so strong, talking to family and being a help to them. Within a week's time, having him on dialysis machine, he slipped away and was gone. We had snowy roads, and Jan wanted me to drive her home to Walla Walla. I couldn't find lights or something else,and Jan decided she needed to drive, and it was good... she was very well occupied with the driving over those icy roads. We had a long but very wonderful trip home, talking about Mel & what led up to his death. Throughout the time before his burial, Jan was reaching out to everyone else, giving love and comfort to them. It was incredible. [Cecil Hankla died 1991, and Pearl....] NewFamily Search Ordinances: Sealing to parents in progress

  
  

• Sources

  [S133] Family Rcds: WAGNER,Pam Hallmark. In Loving Memory MELVIN L. HANKLA August 4, 1927 - December 18, 1988, Funeral service held at Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, Thursday, December 22, 1988, 2:00pm, Bishop Terry C Bricco, Conducting. Honorary pallbearers: Friend from the US Postal Service. Active Pallbearers: Jim Zier, Lester Smith, David Hallmark, Steven Hallmark, Bud Hankla, Bobby Bromps, George Williams, Michael Hallmark. Family Prayer: William Wright, Vault Interment at Mountain View Cemetery, Walla Walla WA. Program: Music: "Families Can Be Together Forever." by Michael, Robbie, Mark & Cammie Wright, Leslie Bromps acc by Betty Stoddard. Invocation: Robert Bromps. Eulogy: Scott Wright. Choir: "Because I Have Been Given Much" directed by Carolyn Hafen. Music: "How Great Thou Art" by Jack Stoddard. Remarks, Pres. Duane Wood. Music: "Well Done Thou Good & Faithful Servant." by Carolyn Hafen. Benediction: Pres. Leland Turner. Interment Dedicatory Prayer: Dr Robert P Wagner Funeral program for Melvin L Hankla Date: 22 December 1988