SHY, Melvin L.^{[1, 2, 3]}

1934 - 2012  (77 years)

 Set As Default Person

• Name	SHY, Melvin L.  [2, 3]
  Birth	30 Sep 1934	Grand Rapids, Kent County, Michigan, United States of America   [1, 2, 3]
  Gender	Male
  Death	31 March 2012	Tehachapi, Kern County, California, United States of America   [2]
  Notes	Melvin Louis Shy 1934-2012 Melvin Shy, 77, died at his home in Tehachapi on Tuesday, March 13. He was born in Grand Rapids, Mich., on Sept. 30, 1934, and had been a resident of Tehachapi for the past 20 years. Mel and his wife Dottie had spent the previous 20 years in Lancaster, where they owned and operated Sign of the Fish Bookstores in Lancaster and Palmdale. Mel was a graduate of the University of Michigan, where he earned an M.B.A. He went on to a career as a financial analyst at Lockheed, working in Burbank before moving to the Antelope Valley. He had been active in the Glendale Presbyterian Church, Lancaster Presbyterian Church, and the Bear Valley Church. He was an avid University of Michigan football fan and traveled many times back to Ann Arbor to The Big House to watch games with his brother and his sons. Mel is survived by his brother, Ed; sister, Ruth; and their families in Grand Rapids; his wife of 55 years, Dorothy; three children and six grandchildren, David and Karen Wolfe (Miles and Lucia) of Venice; Dan and Karla Shy (Hannah and Kayla) of Lancaster; and Debbie and Paul Petredes (Daria and Paul) of Yorba Linda. He was preceded in death by his sister, Edith, and his youngest son, Douglas. There will be no public memorial service. Any desired donations in his honor may be made to The Fisher Center for Alzheimer's Research Foundation, One Intrepid Square, West 46th Street and 12th Avenue, New York, NY 10036. Wood Family Funeral Service was entrusted with his care.
  Person ID	I422357374957	Ancestry dot com tree
  Last Modified	22 Oct 2025

  
  

  Family	HOUSER, D.
  Family ID	F4625	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	22 Oct 2025

  
  

• Sources

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