Evelyn M. “Shorty” Meline, 94 of Brashear passed away Saturday, November 13, 2021 at Kirksville Manor Care.
The daughter of Charles and Opal (Walters) Eagle, she was born January 27, 1927 in Hurdland, Missouri. On October 10, 1945 in Brashear she was united in marriage to Rex Meline.
Shorty is survived by her two sons, David Meline and wife Nancy of Westmont, IL and Douglas Meline and wife Reta of Kirksville; three grandchildren, Timothy Meline, Brandon Meline, and Trey Meline; one step granddaughter, Carrie Theis; five great grandchildren; and one sister, Geraldine Fast of Ewing, MO.
She was preceded in death by her parents; and her husband, Rex on April 3, 2011.
Shorty grew up in Brashear and graduated from the Brashear High School in 1943. She graduated from Gem City Business School. Shorty and Rex have made their home in Brashear since 1950. They ran the Meline DX Station for 36 years until they retired in 1986. She also sold Avon for several years.
She was a member of the Brashear Community Bible Church since she was a little girl. She enjoyed spending winters in Florida, playing bingo and traveling. She was proud of the article she wrote on the Brashear community that was published in the Adair County Historical Society magazine.
Visitation will be from 1:00 to 3:00 p.m. Tuesday, November 16, 2021 with funeral service at 3:00 p.m. at Davis-Playle-Hudson-Rimer Funeral Home in Kirksville, MO. Burial will be in Park View Memorial Gardens.
Memorials in memory of Shorty are suggested to the American Cancer Society.