Thursday, June 10, 2021

First Woman to Practice Law Locally Dies

Former Shelbyville city court judge and well-known local attorney Loretta Meloy, 97, died on Tuesday. Meloy was the daughter of German immigrants and an accomplished student at Shelbyville High School. She and her husband, Harold Meloy, operated a local law firm for many years.

Loretta’s father, Conrad Schrader, ha…