Anthony Joseph Melio (May 13, 1932 – July 19, 2012) was a Democratic member of the

Pennsylvania House of Representatives The Pennsylvania House of Representatives is the lower house of the bicameral Pennsylvania General Assembly, the legislature of the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. There are 203 members, elected for two-year terms from single member districts. It ...

for the 141st District. He was elected in 1986 and retired at the end of the legislative session on November 30, 2010. He died in 2012 of complications from an

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. He was 80.Obituary

Early life and education

Melio was born in Trenton, New Jersey and attended

Trenton Central High School Trenton Central High School is a four-year comprehensive public high school that serves students in ninth through twelfth grades from Trenton, in Mercer County, New Jersey, United States, operating as part of the Trenton Public Schools. As ...

. Melio served in the

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s from 1949 to 1959.

References

External links

Pennsylvania House of Representatives profileOfficial website
* * 1932 births 2012 deaths Democratic Party members of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives People from Bucks County, Pennsylvania Politicians from Trenton, New Jersey Trenton Central High School alumni United States Navy sailors United States Navy reservists {{Pennsylvania-PARepresentative-stub