Melba Marie Davis Krouskup

January 12, 1922 - February 14, 2016

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Alabama Presbyterian Church

2091 Hwy 145

Choudrant, LA 71227

318-768-2240 |

Thursday 2/18, 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm

service

Alabama Presbyterian Church

2091 Hwy 145

Choudrant, LA 71227

318-768-2240 |

Thursday 2/18, 1:00 pm

Alabama Presbyterian Church Cemetery

2091 Hwy 145

Choudrant, LA

Thursday 2/18

Funeral services for Melba Marie Davis Krouskup (MeMe) will be held at 1:00 PM, Thursday, February 18, 2016 at Alabama Presbyterian Church. Interment will follow at Alabama Presbyterian Church Cemetery under the direction of Kilpatrick Funeral Home West Monroe.Melba was born on January 12, 1922 in Sibley, LA. After graduating from Choudrant High School, she left for Shreveport to attend nursing school at Highland Hospital. Not long after graduating from nursing school, she joined the United States Army. She left for war as an army nurse on the Queen Mary and returned on the USS Argentina when the war ended. She continued to work as a nurse in both Houston and New Orleans before settling in West Monroe, LA and taking on a job at Glenwood Hospital as an OB nurse and would later became assistant director of nurses for 30 plus years. She was loved and respected by many. She passed peacefully at home surrounded by her loved ones after battling dementia. Melba was preceded in death by her husband Walter Dickey Krouskup; mother, Lucille Holstead Davis, father, John Almer Davis; brothers, Paul and Billy Davis; sister, Marjorie Davis Blake and husband Louis Blake; daughter, Marcia Christine Krouskup Moody; grandson, James Earnest Moody, Jr. (Jamie); brother-in-law, Aubrey Gaston.Melba is survived by her son, Richard Krouskup and wife Margaret of Dallas, TX; daughter Karen Krouskup of West Monroe; sisters Martha Gaston of Choudrant, LA, Mary Sue Davis; granddaughter, Amy Moody of West Monroe; grandsons, Derek and Christopher Krouskup and wife Donna of Dallas, TX; great-grandsons, Noah Wade and Kaleb Moody of Alexandria, LA; Cole and Justin Krouskup of Dallas, TX; great-granddaughters, Nicole and Chloe of Dallas, TX; numerous nieces and nephews and special friend, Hippie.We would like to give a special thanks to our family from United Home Health and the girls from LA Hospice and Palliative Care.Visitation will be held Thursday, February 18, 2016 from 12:00 PM until service time at the church.

Alabama Presbyterian Church

2091 Hwy 145

Choudrant, LA 71227

318-768-2240 | Map

Thursday 2/18, 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm

Alabama Presbyterian Church

2091 Hwy 145

Choudrant, LA 71227

318-768-2240 | Map

Thursday 2/18, 1:00 pm

Alabama Presbyterian Church Cemetery

2091 Hwy 145

Choudrant, LA

Map

Thursday 2/18

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On behalf of Louisiana Women Veterans, we would like to extend our heartfelt sympathies to the family of Ms. Melba M. Davis Krouskup, U.S. Army Nurse Corps veteran. Our prayers are with you all as you mourn the loss of your mother, sister and friend of the "Greatest Generation!" We honor our women of military service with this poem:She is a woman veteranWhose service was trueShe proudly servedThe Red, White and BlueShe gave a part of her lifeSo others could be freeAnd without any hesitationShe joined unselfishlyShe did her job wellWith Honor and PrideAnd served her great countryWith the men alongsideWe're proud today to knowThat although she is goneShe goes on to gloryAfter a job "well done!"And so, "Our Dear Sister"We salute you today,A special soldier laid to restIn this quiet, solemn way.Inspired by: GodWritten by: Louisiana Women Veterans

What a pleasure it was to have worked with this wonderful person. I can still see Melba in her starched white uniform, and crisp nursing cap making her rounds at Glenwood Hosp. She will truly be missed.

Please accept our deepest condolences for your family's loss.