[M] #12783 Charles Donald "Donald" Mechlin ( Charles Ross MechlinRichard Sylvester MechlinHenry Kuhn MechlinWilliam MechlingJohn MechlingJohn Jacob MechlingDiebold "Theobald" MechlingDiebold MechlingMartin Mechling )

Donald was born 25 Jan 1918 in Rush Hill, Missouri. He died 13 Mar 2007 in Lee's Summit, Missouri. He was buried in Centralia Cemetery, Centralia, Boone Co., Missouri.

He worked for the Panhandle Eastern Pipe Co. in Sunray, Texas for 15 years. He returned to Centralia, Missouri in 1959 and farmed until he retired in 1987.

He was a member of the Centralia United Methodist Church and enjoyed golf and cards.

Donald married #17286 Mildred McDonald Wilson.

Relationship notes

They married 21 Sep 1940 in Centralia, Boone Co., Missouri.

 

Other names for Mildred: Mildred Mechlin.

Mildred was born 2 Dec 1922 in Centralia, Boone Co., Missouri. She died 2 Aug 2006 in Lee's Summit, Missouri. She was buried in Centralia Cemetery, Centralia, Boone Co., Missouri.

She is the daughter of Edward Buford & Hazel Daniel Wilson.

She was a member of the Centralia United Methodist Church, Strother Extension Club, Harrison Women's Club, and Centralia Chapter AF P.E.O. Sisterhood. She worked at the University of Missouri, OB Ward, Columbia for many years. She also worked on the family farm.

Children of this relationship:

#17287FiBette Lon Mechlin(29 Apr 1943–9 Jul 2018)
#17288FiiLiving 
#17289MiiiJon Edward Mechlin(1 Sep 1949–26 May 2018)

"Jon Edward Mechlin", obituary, https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/firesideguard/obituary.aspx?n=jon-edward-mechlin&pid=189135985&fhid=21328, extracted 6 Jul 2020.

Charles Donald Mechlin obituary, clipping of unknown source.

Dorothy Hallarn Mercy, Mechlin Mechling Macklin - Descendants of Theobald Mechling, Volume III-John Jacob Mechling, (Butler, PA: Mechling Associates, 1996). Ref. as [Mercy III-96].

Mildred McD. Meclin funeral notice, Fenton Funeral Chapel, Centalia, Missouri.

Wanda Gantt, email to Tad Deffler, dated: 18 Mar 2007.


Line Generation: 10

Relationship: Sixth Cousins One Times Removed through Diebold "Theobald" Mechling