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Melba Pierce formerly Flake

Born 6 Jul 1917 in Snowflake, Navajo, Arizona, United States

Ancestors

Daughter of John Taylor Flake and Carrie (Lindsey) Flake

Sister of Burton Taylor Flake Sr., Zona (Flake) Hatch, William Lindsey Flake, Infant Flake, Kathleen (Flake) Cowgur and Chad John Flake

Wife of Loren Walter Pierce — married 15 Jun 1945 in Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States

Mother of [private daughter (1940s - unknown)] and [private daughter (1940s - unknown)]

Died 10 Jan 2013 at age 95 in Phoenix, Maricopa, Arizona, United States

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Biography

Melba was born in 1919. She was the daughter of John Flake and Carrie Lindsay. She passed away in 2013.

Obituary - 2013

Bunker Family Funeral & Cremation, Mesa, Arizona

Melba F. Pierce July 6, 1917 ~ January 10, 2013

Melba Flake Pierce passed away January 10, 2013 at her home in Phoenix, AZ.

She was preceded in death by her husband Loren Walter Pierce.

She is survived by her daughters Lianne Thomson, Colleen Olsen, 13 grandchildren and 17 great-grandchildren.

Funeral services are Saturday, Jan. 19, 2013 at the LDS Bethany Home Ward, 8710 N. 3rd Ave., Phoenix, 85021.

Burial will be in the Snowflake Cemetery.

Arrangements by Bunker's Garden Chapel.

Sources

Source Date 1917 - [1] Legacy NFS Source: Melba Flake - Government record: birth: 6 July 1917; Snowflake, Navajo, Arizona, United States
Source Date - 6 July 1917

Melba Flake, "Arizona, Birth Certificates and Indexes, 1855-1930" https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:8YNB-C72M "Arizona, Birth Certificates and Indexes, 1855-1930", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:8YNB-C72M : 26 August 2020), Melba Flake, 1917.

Source Date - 1920

Melba Flake in household of John T Flake, "United States Census, 1920" https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCRG-FYQ "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCRG-FYQ : accessed 12 November 2020), Melba Flake in household of John T Flake, Snowflake, Navajo, Arizona, United States; citing ED 92, sheet 9A, line 28, family 152, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 50; FHL microfilm 1,820,050.

Source Date - 1930

Melba Flake in household of John Flake, "United States Census, 1930" https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XH1Q-HP4 "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XH1Q-HP4 : accessed 12 November 2020), Melba Flake in household of John Flake, Snowflake, Navajo, Arizona, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 18, sheet 6A, line 5, family 1, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 60; FHL microfilm 2,339,795.

Source Date - 1940

Melba Flake in household of Merrill Clayson, "United States Census, 1940" https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K75K-8F2 "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K75K-8F2 : 3 February 2020), Melba Flake in household of Merrill Clayson, Ward 5, Atlanta, Atlanta City, Fulton, Georgia, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 160-220, sheet 1A, line 30, family 6, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 733.

Source Date - 27 April 1942

Melba Flake in entry for John Taylor Flake, "United States World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942" https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKC4-SW49 "United States World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKC4-SW49 : 8 May 2020), Melba Flake in entry for John Taylor Flake, 27 Apr 1942; citing NARA microfilm publication M1936, M1937, M1939, M1951, M1962, M1964, M1986, M2090, and M2097 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

Source Date - 15 June 1945

Melba Flake, "California, County Marriages, 1850-1952" https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K8VB-VV5 "California, County Marriages, 1850-1952," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K8VB-VV5 : 8 December 2017), Loren Walter Pierce and Melba Flake, 15 Jun 1945; citing Los Angeles, California, United States, county courthouses, California; FHL microfilm 2,115,068.

Source Date - 17 January 2013

Melba Pierce Flake, "United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, 1980-2014" https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKLL-VFTK "United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, 1980-2014," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKLL-VFTK : accessed 12 November 2020), Melba Pierce Flake, Arizona, United States, 17 Jan 2013; from "Recent Newspaper Obituaries (1977 - Today)," database, GenealogyBank.com (http://www.genealogybank.com : 2014); citing azcentral.com, born-digital text.