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Sad News...Karen Melton has passed

7/4/2017

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​Karen Marie Hatcher Melton died, Thursday, June 29 at Mercy Hospital, St. Louis from a series of debilitating strokes. 
 
Karen was born April 2, 1944 in Union and with her brother David Hatcher went to public school there. Karen’s parents were Wanda and Raymond “Hatch” Hatcher. She was a diploma graduate of the Research Hospital School of Nursing program and she earned her nursing license in 1965.  Her forty-five-year ministry of care-giving included nearly ten years at Bothwell Hospital in Sedalia, Missouri and almost thirty-five years at Mercy Hospital, Washington.  She retired in 2012 as a nurse in the Ambulatory Care Unit.
 
Karen and her husband Larry co-founded the first Scott Joplin Ragtime Festival in Sedalia, Missouri in 1974.  It has become a long-running annual event.  Karen was also active in the First Baptist Church, Washington.


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  • Home
    • Sedalia's Ragtime Heritage
    • Joplin Biography
    • Contact & Links
  • 2022 Festival Info
    • 2022 Event Schedule
    • 2022 Festival Artists
    • 2018 Festival Photos
    • Venues, Lodging & Transportation
    • Donors & Sponsors
  • The Ragtime Foundation
    • Board Members
    • Ragtime Outstanding Achievement Award
    • Chrysanthemum Award
    • Artist-In-Residence
    • Archive VIdeo Project
    • Joplin Footsteps Tour
  • News
  • Tickets | Store
    • Seating Chart
  • Donate