Mary Melius, age 77, wife of Vern Melius, of 839 Colorado Ave. SW, Huron, died Monday, April 23, 2007, at Sanford USD Medical Center in Sioux Falls. Her funeral service will be at 2:00 PM Thursday, April 26, at Riverview United Methodist Church with Rev. Iva Laudermith officiating. Burial will be at Demotte, Indiana. Friends may call Wednesday afternoon and evening and Thursday morning at the Welter Funeral Home or prior to the service at the church Thursday afternoon. The family will be present from 7:00 to 8:30 PM Wdnesday evening at the funeral home. Mary Melius was born Mary Ellen Logsdon on April 3, 1930, to Lloyd and Viola (Yott) Logsdon at Lake Village, Indiana, where she grew up and attended school. In her mid twenties Mary moved to Demotte, Indiana, and worked at the Permanite Factory in nearby Morocco, Indiana. She later worked as a nurses aid at the Roselawn Health Center at Demotte. On June 6, 1988, Mary married Ellsworth Vern Melius at Demotte, where they lived until moving to Huron in 1997. She was a member of Riverview United Methodist Church, and the BCNU Extension Club which crafted items for cultural arts. She enjoyed crocheting and making baby quilts for distribution throughout the area. She is survived by her husband, Vern of Huron; 4 step-children, Leland (Susan) Melius of White Bear Lake, MN, Terry (Patsy) Melius of Lampe, MO, Cathy Yauney of Onida, SD, and Pam (Charles) Miner of Cavour; 9 grandchildren, Toby (Vicky) Sarahan, Jason (Diann) Sarahan, Jennifer Miner, Nelson Miner, Nathan Miner, Joe Melius, David Melius, Marci (Jason) Sims, and Grady (Sarah) Melius; 6 great grandchildren; and 1 brother, Lawrence (Mary) Logsdon of Lake Village, IN. She was preceded in death by her parents.