Obituary

Melvin ‘Mel’ Owen Carpenter, a 44-year Newport Beach resident, died

Sunday of a heart attack following a stroke. He was 82. Mr. Carpenter was

born in St. Louis, Mo., on Nov. 23, 1918. He moved from Illinois to

California in 1919 and grew up in Maywood, Calif. He graduated from Bell

High School in Bell and moved to Newport Beach in 1957. Mr. Carpenter

was a meter reader for the Southern California Gas Co. He was a member of

the West Point parents club and was YMCA leader for five years in

Maywood. He is survived by son Kenny Carpenter, daughter Lani Brizic,

brother Craig Carpenter, sister Marguerite Calvert, four grandchildren

and four great-grandchildren. A viewing will be held from 4 to 7 p.m.

Thursday at Pacific View Memorial Park. Services will be held Friday at

11 a.m. at Pacific View.