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Tuesday, May 11, 2021
Melvin Ray Shangle, 82, passed away on May 7, 2021 at his home in Boise with his wife and sons by his side. He was born in Mountain Home Idaho on August 27, 1936. He graduated from the University of Idaho with a degree in Architecture in 1962. He married to Ann Fowler Schultess on March 10, 1961. They resided in Boulder Colorado, Butte Montana, Salt Lake City Utah, San Jose California, and settled in San Diego California. They moved back to Boise Idaho in 1991. They had three children Teresa, Clifford, and Alan.
Mel was a building designer for One Hour Martinizing. He was an entrepreneur developing an injection molding process manufacturing tools. He also held various trades in order to provide for his family. He was a devout Christian and involved with his local Churches. He was a mentor and counselor for married couples in Marriage Encounter.
Almost a quarter-century ago on a breezy hilltop in northeast Roanoke two questions were posed:
Whatâs in the box?
Who wants to open it to find out?
The questions were part of an archaeological examination that accompanied the moving of a historic graveyard in order to make way for a construction project. The 1997 exhuming and re-interment of the Oliver family cemetery from the shadow of Read Mountain to Mountain View Cemetery in Vinton was recapitulated here earlier.
Not presented then were details of the event that arrived subsequently by telephone call. Now available is testimony from a participant who was the first to answer both of the questions presented at the start of the current discussion.