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In memory of
Melvin "Mel" Louis Joseph
May 12, 1937 - May 8, 2025
May 12, 1937 - May 8, 2025
Melvin's timeline
1937
Born
May 12th, 1937
Parents
1937
1942
Started elementary school
1942
1944
Melvin and brother Rodney
1944
1945
House he grew up in
1945
1951
Graduated from middle school
1951
Mel and his mom “Millie”
1951
1953
High school
1953
1955
Graduated from high school
1955
Abraham Lincoln High School, 24th Avenue, San Francisco, CA
Graduated from high school
1955
Lincoln High School San Francisco
1959
Graduated from college
1959
University of San Francisco, Fulton Street, San Francisco, CA
Accounting
Graduated from college
1959
1960
Started a job at US Army - Fort Ord
1960
Fort Ord, CA
Fort Ord
1960
Got married to Sherry Joseph
August 20th, 1960
Big Sur, CA
1962
US Coast Guard Service
1962
Alameda, CA
Moved
1962
San Jose, CA
Moved
1962
San Jose, CA
1965
Moved
1965
Yakima, WA
1970
Moved
1970
Bellevue, WA
1993
Bought the Chelan House
1993
Chelan, WA
2001
Retired from Internal Revenue Service
2001
Seattle, WA
2002
Started work as the Tax Manager for American Samoa
2002
Pago Pago, Eastern District, American Samoa
2016
Moved
2016
Chelan, WA
2025
Passed away
May 8th, 2025
Chelan, WA
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Created with love by
Kristan Daubenspeck (Melvin's daughter),
Doug Joseph,
Linda Stephens and
Brian Joseph.
