Melody Hewitt

Melody Hewitt "Dawson", 19, of Oelwein, Iowa died Friday, August 2, 2019 at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics in Iowa City, Iowa of injuries she sustained in a car accident on July 31st northeast of Oran.

Funeral Service: 10:30 A.M. Monday, August 12, 2019 at the First Baptist Church, Oelwein with Pastor Dave Byrd officiating.

Visitation: 5:00 to 8:00 P.M. Sunday at the Jamison-Schmitz Funeral Home in Oelwein and for one hour before the service at the church on Monday.

Interment: Floral Hills Memorial Gardens, rural Oelwein, Iowa.

Memorials donations to help with funeral and cemetery costs may be found after selecting her obituary on the funeral home web site, www.jamisonschmitzfuneralhome.com

Online obituary at www.jamisonschmitzfuneralhome.com

Melody Annette Hewitt "Dawson" was born May 8, 2000 in Woodland, California, the daughter of Joseph Allen & Liberty (Hewitt) Dawson. She lived in various places until moving to Oelwein in 2015. Melody had lived with her aunt and uncle, Charles & Kristen Wengel and their family for the past ten years. She graduated from Oelwein Community High School in the class of 2019 where she participated in band and the Dungeons and Dragons Club. Melody had worked at Dairy Queen, Casey's in Fairbank and the Oelwein Community Schools. She enjoyed playing video games, the outdoors, cats, bats and collecting critters. Melody was a member of the First Baptist Church.

Left to cherish her memory are her Father: Joe Dawson of Oelwein;

Mother: Liberty Dawson of Helena, Montana;

Brother: Shawn Dawson of Oelwein;

Uncle & Aunt: Charles & Kristen Wengel of Oelwein;

Cousins: Damian Payne, Trista Payne, Camron Wengel & Chloe Wengel all of Oelwein;

Paternal Great Grandmother: Josephine Storm of Woodland, California;

Paternal Grandmother: Diane (Ron) Ulricksen of Esparto, California;

Paternal Grandfather: Timothy Dawson of Independence and

Maternal Grandmother: Dotty Hewitt of Woodland, California.

Melody was preceded in death by her maternal grandfather.