Melvin "Mel" Borich"
2016
- Borich, Melvin "Mel", 74, passed away Tuesday, November 1, 2016. Mel was born in Chicago, IL. He was retired in Sales from Ameristeel and Builder's Metal, he worked there for over 40 years. He was a Navy veteran pre-Vietnam Era. Mel was a Past Master of Lyndon Masonic Lodge #960, Kosair Shrine Temple, The Kosair Roustabouts, Kosair Legion of Honor, Kosair Oriental Band, Louisville Scottish Rite Valley of Louisville, and past President of the Past Masters Club. He was a member of Westport Road Baptist Church. He was also a founding member of Team 12. Mel is preceded in death by his parents, Reverend Frank Borich and Ruth Parks; and two sisters, Barbara Borich, and Ruthann Chandler. Mel is survived by his wife of 50 years, Betty Haile Borich; two sons, Brandon Lee (Cheryl) Borich, and Michael Brent Borich; one daughter, Melissa Borich Mays; a sister Corinne (Rev. Curtis) Slinker; one brother, Ballard Borich; three grandchildren: Madison, Hayden, Emerson Mays; and adoring nieces and nephews. Visitation will be from 12-8 p.m. Monday, November 7, 2016, at Highlands Family-Owned Funeral Home, 3331 Taylorsville Road, and from 12-2 p.m. Tuesday with a funeral follow 2 p.m. Burial will be 2 p.m. Wednesday, November 9, 2016 at Kentucky Veteran's Cemetery Central. Expressions of sympathy may be donated to the 9/11 Memorial KY Veterans Cemetery, 2105 N Dixie Boulevard Radcliff, KY 40160. Published in The Courier-Journal from Nov. 4 to Nov. 6, 2016