Ida C. Mellor

Ida Catherine Mellor, of North Port, died on December 8, 2020, at the age of 76. She was born in Sycamore, Illinois, and moved to Venice in 1966. Ida is survived by her husband Cord Mellor, daughter Susan Slater (Allen), son Joseph Mellor (Melissa), and sister Karol Collison; also grandchildren Ben, Luke and Beau and great-grandchildren Ryley and Bentley. She is preceded in death by her son, Robert Mellor, sisters Dorothy Brown and Charlotte Dornan and brother Martin Becker. Ida, whose preferred title was ""Oma"", was a strong woman of great dedication and faith, who appreciated the reward of hard work and strove to be an example for those around her. With an equal and industrious vigor she embraced challenges and goals as diverse as managing her husband's law office, running charitable fund-raisers, becoming an expert quilter and earning her private pilot's license. Funeral services will be private and at a later date. Friends and family are encouraged to support Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Suncoast in Ida's memory.