Melvin G Vallo

Mr. Vallo was a 1935 graduate of Minster High School and served in the U.S. Army from July 1941 until November 1945. He spent more than three years of that time in foreign service in the countries of Iceland, Great Britain, France, Belgium, Holland and Germany.

From 1946 through 1950 he was employed by a public accounting firm in Dayton and in 1951 left there to go with the St. Henry Bank in St. Henry, Ohio. He was there for almost twelve years as the cashier and member of the board of directors. While there he also served on the board of directors of The Ottoville Banking Company in Ottoville, Ohio. In May 1962, he came to The Minster Bank where he was the president and chief executive officer until his retirement in May 1982.

Mr. Vallo was an ardent church choir singer joining the St. Augustine choir in Minster in 1935 and retiring in 2004. While he was in Dayton and St. Henry he sang with the choirs there. He was also a member of the Knights of Columbus, American Legion, Veterans of Foreign Wars, Minster Civic Association and former member and president of the Kiwanis Club of Minster, Minster School Board, 20 year volunteer at Joint Township Hospital in St. Marys and was recognized as Citizen of the Year from the Minster Civic Association.

Mass of Christian Burial will be Wednesday, April 17 at 10 AM at St. Augustine Catholic Church in Minster with Fr. Rick Nieberding, Celebrant. Burial will follow in the church cemetery with full military honors. Friends may call on Tuesday from 4 PM - 8 PM and Wednesday from 9 AM- 9:30 AM at the Hogenkamp Funeral Home in Minster.

Memorial donations can be made to the St. Augustine Choir.