HOISINGTON — Edson Lewis Merlau, 86, passed away Nov. 15, 2025, at Wesley Medical Center, Wichita, Kan. He was born on Sept. 13, 1939, in Coldwater, Mich., to Eli Pierson and Marjorie Opeal (Neal) Merlau. On Nov. 5, 1964, he married Melva Jean Donovan in Hoisington, Kan. She passed on Feb. 10, 2005.