Alva Review-Courier -

Funeral services for Melvin 'Bud' Bickford will be Thursday, December 20, 2018, at 1:30 p.m. at Alva Wesleyan Church with Reverend John Smith officiating. Burial will follow in Hardtner Cemetery in Hardtner, Kansas, at 3 p.m. under the direction of Wharton Funeral Chapel. Online condolences may be made at www.whartonfuneralchapel.com.

Melvin Cecil, son of Florence Lucille (Long) and Cecil Floyd Bickford, was born May 23, 1928, in Freedom, Oklahoma. He passed away December 16, 2018, in Kiowa, Kansas at the age of 90 years, 6 months and 23 days.

He attended the Freedom school system and graduate...