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Generation Number 3 - Scheevel Half


Melvin Scheevel {left}


Frances {left} & Dorothy Scheevel


Melvin Scheevel {right}

The Scheevel - Scheevel Family


Melvin & Frances Scheevel

Melvin Edward Scheevel was born on September 16, 1912 to Frederick and Della Scheevel. Frances Scheevel was born September 7, 1918 in York Township, Fillmore County, the daughter of Frank and Anna (Nagel) Scheevel. She attended rural school through the eighth grade. Her father died when she was very young and after her mother's marriage to Nich Twynstra, she loved and adored him as her own father. Frances was united in marriage to Melvin Scheevel on December 4, 1947, at her parent's home in Greenleafton. The couple moved to the homestead in Fillmore County, rural Chester, Iowa, and made it their home until her death. She was a homemaker who enjoyed cooking and baking for family and friends. She also enjoyed taking bus trips around the country with her husband and sister, Dorothy. Frances Scheevel died January 14, 2001. She was laid to rest in the Greenleafton cemetery.


Frances & Dorothy with mother, Anna, and step-father, Nick Twynstra


(clockwise from bottom left)
Gertrude Harbers, her daughter Della Prinsen, her son Melvin Scheevel, and his son Fredrick Scheevel


Frances with her children; Fredrick, Millicent, and Deanna


Melvin with his children; Deanna, Fredrick, and Millicent

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