NELLIE MELBA SAATKAMP

Nellie Melba Saatkamp, 96, of New Boston passed away on February 28, 2019. Melba, as she was known to her friends, was born on December 5, 1922 and was named after an opera singer of that era, Dame Nellie Melba.
Melba grew up in Devine, Texas and went to work at Kelly Field Air Force Base in San Antonio, Texas during WWII. There she met Elmer Henry (Speedy) Saatkamp from Mount Olive, Illinois and they married in 1945 after his return from England at war’s end. They were mar...