Melva M. Waite, 95, passed away Feb. 18, 2013, at Park Centre Health Care.

A funeral service will be at 10 a.m. Monday, Feb. 25, at the First United Methodist Church in Iowa Falls. Interment will be in Union Cemetery, Iowa Falls. The family will greet family and friends following the service. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be sent to First United Methodist Church in Iowa Falls, First United Methodist Church in Newton or Good Samaritan Fund at Park Centre in Newton. The Surls Funeral Home of Iowa Falls is in charge of arrangements.

Melva was born in Laurens, Iowa, on Jan. 18, 1918. Melva was a long time resident of Iowa Falls moving to Park Centre, Newton, in 2007 to be near her daughter, Jane Hollander, and husband Tom of Newton.