Graveside memorial services for Frederick Eugene Melies, 68, will be held by the family at 11:00 a.m. on Friday, October 28, 2022 in the Fort Sill National Cemetery located in Elgin, Oklahoma.
Frederick Eugene Melies, who went by “Gene,” was born December 22, 1953, in Omaha, Nebraska, the son of Charles Frederick Melies and Marie (Truman) Melies. He passed from this life on Friday, September 30, 2022, in Chickasha, Oklahoma.
Gene grew up in Omaha and graduated from South High in Omaha.
He served in the United States Air Force from February 1973 until October 1975.
In 1980, he married Judy Follett and they had two sons.
Over the years, he had lived in Nebraska, Kansas, Colorado and Oklahoma. He was a bus driver for public schools in Kansas. He liked going to the lake and watching football and enjoyed spending time with his grandkids.
Gene was preceded in death by parents, Charles Melies and Marie (Truman) Melies Ives Post, sisters Donna Jo Melies and Linda Marie Ives, brother Charles Stanley Ives, Jr.
Survivors are his sons David Melies and fiancée Diane of Chickasha, Kevin Melies and wife Melinda of Missouri; sister Patty Bartholomew of Arizona; brothers Paul Melies and wife Debbie of Kansas and Daniel Melies of Arizona; nine grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren; and other extended family and friends.
Cremation arrangements were under the direction of Ferguson Funeral Home.