was the best thing that could have happened to her. She was a very rooted person. She loved her neighborhood. She didn't want to go anywhere," Fielder said.

Melvin served Louisville long before her stint at the Chamber.

Fielder said her brothers played baseball as kids and Melvin, who often served as team mom, went to every game and volunteered at the concessions at Miner's Field. She was also a Cub Scout leader and a classroom mom, among other groups in which she was involved.

"Lani was very energetic, very vibrant. She did more than anyone I know," Angell said.

A memorial service will be at 2 p.m. Sunday, March 30, at Louisville Community Park, 955 Bella Vista Drive, and it is open to the public.and to assault causing bodily harm to Valen.

They were trained combat soldiers, reserve members of the Queen's Own Rifles of Canada, an airborne infantry unit based in the Moss Park Armoury.

On Aug. 31, 2005, Croutch, 59, was asleep on a bench between a set of tennis courts and a baseball diamond. "Moss Park was Paul Croutch's bedroom and the bench his bed," Goody said.

Croutch was not in good health and suffered from diseases of the heart and lungs. He had hardening of the arteries, high blood pressure and emphysema, Goody said, as well as swelling of the legs, which made walking difficult.

That night, he had wrapped himself in garbage bags to protect himself from the elements.

"Unfortunately, they offered no protection from the fate that was to befall him,"