Melvin Chester Owens

melvin owens

May 25, 1926 ~ January 9, 2014

Melvin C. Owens Sr. died Jan. 9, 2014, in Sorento, Ill.

Visitation is 5 to 7 p.m. today at Perfetti Funeral Home, Sorento, 217-272-4112

He was born May 25, 1927.

He was a partner with Ray Garza in M & R Bodyshop, East Moline. He was owner and trainer of Chester-Lee Stables of East Moline, then Moline and then Milan.

He is survived by his wife, Connie Lee Owens; and children, Melvin Owens Jr., Bettendorf, Alice Rice, Rock Island, Kathy Young, Florida, Howard Haynes, Muscatine, David Holt, Charlotte, Iowa, and Christopher Owens, Sorento.

He was loved by many, missed by all.

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