Funeral Mass for Mary Jo Melby will be 12:00 pm Friday, May 25, 2018 in Holy Family Catholic Church with Rev. Philip Seeton, Pastor officiating.

A rosary service will be held at 6:00 p.m. Thursday in the Becker-Rabon Funeral Home Chapel.

Born April 29, 1948 to Dale and Adele Walker in San Antonio, Texas. She joined her heavenly father on Monday, May 21, 2018. Mary Jo graduated from Robert E. Lee High School in 1966. She met the love of her life, Stanley C. Melby, at a USO dance in San Antonio, Texas in 1967. They were married a year later on March 16, 1968. They were blessed with two children, Christine and Brian Melby. Mary Jo graduated from Cameron University with a degree in Nursing. She touched many lives during her time as a nurse and later as a nursing instructor at Great Plains Technology Center where she later retired after 25 years in 2014.

In her retirement Mary Jo was very active in the lives of her grandchildren, Kaitlin and Jake, as well as her church, Holy Family Catholic Church. She was a member of the Ladies Guild, Women's Bible Study, Eucharistic Minister and Lector, and the Center for Creative Living. Mary Jo enjoyed playing cards, board games, Iconography painting, all arts and crafts, and traveling with her sisters (the Tres Hermanos) and her Family.

She is survived by her loving husband, Stanley C Melby, her daughter Christine Melby-Levinson, son-in-law Alex, two grandchildren Kaitlin Alonzo and Jake Levinson. Also her son Brian Melby, and close friend Patty Parker, all of Lawton, Oklahoma. She is also survived by her mother Adele Walker, sister Bettie Walker, and brother Andy Walker all of San Antonio, Texas. Her niece Audra Floyd and family of Frisco, Texas, her niece Hannah Walker of San Antonio, Texas, and various aunts, uncles, cousins, and dear friends.

She is preceded in death by her father Dale Walker, sister Barbara Jean Walker, and close friends Jan Tisdale and Jimmy Parker.

In lieu of flowers, the family asks that you send donations to Southwest Oklahoma Federal Credit Union where a scholarship fund in the name of Mary Jo Melby Nursing Scholarship has been set up.