Mel Richard Antonen Obituary
With heavy hearts, we announce the death of Mel Richard Antonen (Washington, District of Columbia), who passed away on January 30, 2021 at the age of 64. Family and friends can send flowers and condolences in memory of the loved one. Leave a sympathy message to the family on the memorial page of Mel Richard Antonen to pay them a last tribute.
He was loved and cherished by many people including: his parents, Ray Antonen and Valda Antonen; his son Emmett; his wife Lisa Nipp; and his siblings, Carmen Antonen, Kathy Antonen (Allan Brendsel) and Rusty Antonen (Sherry).
Antonen kept reporting and writing throughout his illness with covid-19 and an auto-immune disease so rare that his doctors told him he may have been the only person on Earth with that combination. Months after being diagnosed with both diseases, Mel scored an interview with Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation's top infectious disease expert and big baseball fan, who talked about the need for caution, but also hope, in a pandemic.
