at '2 Reiser North Ernest Richter, McFarland Roy Boulevard, Ann in George sons, and three Northrop Mrs. Point, and today. John Melling BANGOR - John J. Melling, 79, of 8 North Center, Bangor, died at 12:30 p.m. Monday in Battle Creek Sanitarium where he had been a patient for 19 days. Mr. Melling was born April 3, 1888, in Buffalo, N.Y., the son of Mr. and Mrs. John Melling. He was the local agent of the Standard Oil Co., for 32 years before his retirement. Survivors his widow, the former Mildred Britton, whom he married Sept. 29, 1910, in Bangor; two daughters, Mrs. Louise Dexter of Tracy, Calif., and Miss Lucille Melling of Bangor; two grandsons; three brothers, Charles of Columbus, Ohio, and Robert and Alex of Chicago; and a sister, Mrs. Mable Cones of Aurora, Ill. Mr. Melling was a life member of the Coffinburg Lodge No. 204, F&AM. Funeral services will be held •Thursday at 2 p.m, in the McKane funeral home, Bangor. The Rev. John Willis, pastor of the First Congregational church, will officiate. Burial will follow in Arlington Hill cemetery.