OBITUARY FROM REES FUNERAL HOME WEBSITE:

Melanie McNeish, age 32, passed away January 31, 2020.  She was born on June 15, 1987 in Merrillville to her parents, Clyde McNeish and Laura (nee Gilles) Lilovich.  She will be remembered as a loving mother, daughter, sister, and friend.

Melanie is survived by her children, two sons, Bradley and Nathan; daughter, Renae; mother, Laura Lilovich; father, Clyde (Jenny) McNeish; three brothers, Shannon (Samantha) McNeish, Joshua McNeish and Justin (Nichole) McNeish; four uncles, Mark (Mindy) Gilles, Mike McNeish, Kenny McNeish and David Michael (Linda) Gutierrez; two aunts, Tammy (Bill) Simpson and Cheryl Gilles; five cousins, Krista Gilles, Rachel (John) Sutton, Karen Schuster, Justin P. Gutierrez and Savannah Gutierrez and many other loving family members and friends

A funeral service will be Thursday, February 6, 2020 at 3:00 p.m. at Rees Funeral Home, Hobart Chapel, 600 W. Old Ridge Rd., Hobart, Indiana 46342. Cremation will follow. Visitation will be held Thursday, February 6, 2020 from 2:00 p.m. until time of service. (219) 942-2109 or go online at www.reesfuneralhomes.com.

This information was obtained from: https://www.reesfuneralhomes.com/obituary/melanie-mcneish. The picture above was obtained from the 2005 HHS Memories yearbook (when Melanie was a junior), made available by the Lake County Public Library, at: https://archive.org/details/HOHS2005Images/.

FROM CLASSMATE JENNIFER SUDROFF GIRON:

I have fond memories of Melanie playing mellophone in marching band and French horn in concert band from 2002-2005 at HHS.