The Cochrane & Allied Families
Cochranes from Scotland to Colonial Virginia (c 1760), to Kentucky (1811), to Kansas (1859) and beyond. Allied families to the United States from England, Scotland, Ireland and Switzerland.
RUSSELL, Lucille Maxine
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Name RUSSELL, Lucille Maxine [1, 2] Birth 13 Aug 1931 Lawrence, Douglas, Kansas, USA
[1, 2] Gender Female Education - High School - Lawrence, KS; College - Baker University in Baldwin, KS, and the University of Kansas in Lawrence, KS.
Family Event - During summers in the early 1950, Lucille was a life guard at the Olathe, KS city swimming pool, and she would take her young nephews, Winston COCHRANE and Ed RUSSELL, swimming.
Family Event - "During their [her children's] childhood I was involved in sports, scouts, school trips, PTA, Job's Daughters and church. I worked for our Savings & Loan Bank also." - Lucille Maxine RUSSELL MELTON, June 2001
Soroity Lawrence, Douglas, Kansas, USA
[3] Alpha Delta Pi soroity at the University of Kansas Person ID I1482 Cochrane Genealogy Last Modified 22 Apr 2025
Father RUSSELL, Walter Scott, b. 14 Feb 1884, Cass County, Missouri, USA
d. 15 Dec 1945, Walter Scott & Ella Russell Residence, Olathe, Johnson, Kansas, USA
(Age 61 years) Mother EBERHARDT, Ella Loretta, b. 12 Jun 1895, Saint Louis, Missouri, USA
d. 25 May 1986, Good Samaritan Nursing Home, Olathe, Johnson, Kansas, USA
(Age 90 years) Family ID F8 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family MELTON, John Arthur Frederick, b. 15 Dec 1929, Bonita, Johnson, Kansas, USA
d. 1 Oct 2004, St. Vincent's Medical Center, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA
(Age 74 years) Marriage 24 Feb 1951 Olathe, Johnson, Kansas, USA
[1, 2, 5] - "In 1951 I married John Melton as he was called to active duty in the Marines during [the] Korean War." - Lucille Maxine RUSSELL MELTON, June 2001 [1]
Age at Marriage She : 19 years and 6 months - He : 21 years and 2 months. Marriage Status Ended with Husband's death Children 1.
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MELTON, Linda Kay, b. 11 Sep 1958, Orange, Orange, California, USA
d. 22 Jul 1994, Santa Ynez, Santa Barbara, California, USA
(Age 35 years)Family ID F609 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 22 Apr 2025
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Lucille Russell Melton
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Sources - [S589] Lucille Maxine Melton (Santa Paula, CA), Letter - Melton, Lucille to Winston Cochrane (June 2001), 28 Dec 2014.
- [S764] Melton, Lucille Maxine (nee Russell). Supplied by compiler . in June 2001., Family Group Sheet - Melton, John & Lucille, 25 Sep 2015.
- [S589] Lucille Maxine Melton (Santa Paula, CA), Letter - Melton, Lucille to Winston Cochrane (June 2001), 27 Dec 2014.
- [S56] Personal Knowledge - Cochrane, William Winston IV, 5 Oct 2015.
- [S592] California. Ventura., Newspaper Article - Ventura County Star [CA], 28 Dec 2014, "Obituaries - Santa Paula, John A. F. Melton," 5 Oct 2004, p. B7, col. 2-3.

Obit - John Melton
- [S589] Lucille Maxine Melton (Santa Paula, CA), Letter - Melton, Lucille to Winston Cochrane (June 2001), 28 Dec 2014.


