Kevin J. Melville

Kevin J. Melville, 51, of Eighty Four, Somerset Township, died Wednesday, October 7, 2009, in Jefferson Regional Health Center, Jefferson Borough.

He was born April 17, 1958, at Bolling Air Force Base in DC, a son of the late Michael J. and Donna Jean Muscatell Melville.

A 1976 graduate of Bentworth High School, he attended California University of Pennsylvania and was a 1994 graduate of St. Francis Medical Center Professional School of Nursing in Pittsburgh.

Mr. Melville was currently a registered nurse at the emergency department at Jefferson Regional Medical Center. He was retired from Intensive Care Unit at the Veterans Hospital-Oakland, Pittsburgh

He was previously employed by the former Kenneth V. Thompson Funeral Home in Bentleyville.

He was a paramedic for Rostraver EMS and a paramedic supervisor for American Ambulance in McKeesport.

Mr. Melville was a lifetime member of the Bentleyville Volunteer Fire Department, a current member of the Ellsworth Volunteer Fire Department, and a past member of the Washington County Hazardous Material Team.

He was a former Bentleyville Borough councilman and was currently serving as an auditor for Somerset Township.

An avid golfer, he was a head coach for the boys' intramural basketball league at Bentworth Middle School.

He was a member of Ave Maria Parish in Bentleyville.

On May 9, 1987, in the St. Pius Church in McKeesport, he married Sharon M. Benick, who survives.

He was the loving father of sons, Noah John and Luke David Melville, both at home; brother Keith G. Melville of Scenery Hill; sisters, Kimberly A. Baughman (Barry) of Doylestown, and Kiera A. Gorham (James) of Illinois; loving son-in-law of William and Doris Benick of McKeesport; brother-in-law of Jim and Diane Benick of Penn Hills and Doreen and Art Wray of North Versailles; several nieces and nephews; one great-niece and one great-nephew and many devoted friends.

Deceased in addition to his parents is an infant son Adam Stephen Melville, who died Nov. 1, 2000.

Friends welcome from 5 to 8 p.m. Saturday and noon to 3 and 5 to 8 p.m Sunday at the Thompson-Marodi Funeral Home, Inc., 809 Main Street, Bentleyville (724-239-2255), where a prayer service will be held at 9:30 a.m., Monday, October 12, 2009 followed at 10 a.m. by a Mass of Christian Burial at Ave Maria Church, Bentleyville, with Rev. Gary W. Krummert, as celebrant. Entombment will follow in Belle Vernon Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Washington County Humane Society, PO Box 66, Eighty Four, PA 15330, For those unable to attend, condolences can be sent at www.thompson-marodi.com.

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