Melvin Hugh Cory (Tuffy)

Fedora, SD

1934, 2751, Oreville, F-16,

Mr. Melvin Hugh Cory of Lakeland died of heart disease Sunday (April 24, 2005) at the Health Center of Plant City. He was 88. He was born in Fedora, S.D., on March 22, 1917. He was an Air Force veteran. He was a civil service worker. Mr. Cory is survived by his son, James Cory, Lakeland; sister, Evelyn Scissons, South Dakota; five grandchildren; five great-grandchildren.

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