Melvin Gene Krause

KRAUSE — Melvin Gene, 80; born March 4, 1937, Newberg, Ore.; died March 25, 2017, Seattle, Wash. Surviving: son, Tony M., Auburn, Wash.; daughter, Tammie R. Krause, Niles, Mich.; brother, Marvin Krause, Emmett, Idaho; and 3 grandchildren.

Krause was the chief flight instructor at Andrews University from 1972–1975. Taught second and third grades in Cassopolis, Mich., from 1976–1995. Crop-dusting pilot from 1975–1995 in Plainfield, Wis.