A memorial service celebrating the life of Melanie Tharp Behrens, 74, will be held at 3 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 26, 2020, at First English Lutheran Church, 687 London Ave. (St. Rt. 38), in Marysville. She died Thursday, April 30, 2020 at Riverside Hospital following a three-month battle with cancer, but the memorial service was unable to be scheduled at that time due to the coronavirus pandemic.
A dental hygienist for more than 25 years, she was later a columnist for the Marysville Journal-Tribune.
She was born Dec. 12, 1945, in Columbus to the late Melvin E. and Marguerite Beaver Tharp.
She is survived by her husband of 52 years, Daniel E. Behrens; two sons, Michael (Jennifer) Behrens and their children, Cole and Marguerite of Loveland, Ohio, and Kevin (Roberta) Behrens and their son, Berkley of Marysville; her brother, Michael D. Tharp (Lisa Garner) of St. Petersburg, Florida, and his three daughters.
Memorial contributions may be made in Melanie’s memory to the First English Lutheran Church building fund.
Underwood Funeral Home, Marysville, is assisting the family.