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John Andrew Melius (Image via Alderson-Ford Funeral Home)
CHESHIRE, CT (From Alderson-Ford Funeral Home): John Andrew Melius, 32, passed away at his home in Grand Rapids, Michigan, on Saturday, Jan. 16, 2021.
John was born on November 29, 1988, in Holyoke, Massachusetts, to Elizabeth (Mellitt) and Bradford Melius. He grew up in Springfield, Massachusetts, and then Cheshire, Connecticut.
John became an avid sports fan at a young age with a lifelong allegiance to New England teams. In a favorite photo of himself as a little boy he is wearing a Patriots hooded sweatshirt, and he liked to present this photo to friends as evidence that he had not jumped on the bandwagon but had been a loyal Pats fan well before the Brady-Belichick era.
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John Andrew Melius, age 32, passed away at his home in Grand Rapids, Michigan, on Saturday, January 16, 2021.
John was born on November 29, 1988, in Holyoke, Massachusetts, to Elizabeth (Mellitt) and Bradford Melius. He grew up in Springfield, Massachusetts, and then Cheshire, Connecticut. John became an avid sports fan at a young age with a lifelong allegiance to New England teams. In a favorite photo of himself as a little boy he is wearing a Patriots hooded sweatshirt, and he liked to present this photo to friends as evidence that he had not jumped on the bandwagon but had been a loyal Pats fan well before the Brady-Belichick era. As a teenager, John accompanied his father and brothers on trips around the country visiting a total of 16 Major League Baseball stadiums. The first live game John saw was at Fenway Park, home of the Boston Red Sox. In 1996 he and his dad watched Roger Clemens pitch a complete-game shutout against the Angels from seats on the first-base side. Joh