SHELLY Javan, age 67, passed away unexpectedly Tuesday, April 21, 2015. Beloved son of the late Maynard and Griselda Shelly. Loving husband of 30 years to Brenda Sue (nee Robbins) Shelly. Devoted father to David C. (Kim) Allen and Douglas F. Brock. Caring grandfather of Lindsey and Katelin Allen, Ian and Nicholas Ashwell and great-grandfather of Braedon.

Visitation will be Tuesday, April 28th from 10:00 a.m. until time of Funeral Service at 12:00 p.m. at Mihovk-Rosenacker Funeral Home, 10211 Plainfield Road, Evendale.

Born February 21, 1948 in Bloomington, IL. Javan moved to Allentown, PA in 1949 to First Mennonite Church parsonage. He then moved to Newton, KS in April of 1955 where he graduated from Newton High School in 1966. He attended Bethel College in North Newton, KS and gradated with a B.A. in Chemistry in 1970. Javan attended graduate school at University of Wisconsin-Madison and graduated in August 1975 with PhD in Organic Chemistry.

He volunteered with Mennonite Central Committee in Swaziland (southern Africa) from 1975-1978 as manager of the water laboratory for the Water Board. The water laboratory monitored water quality at the water treatment plants throughout the country.

He worked in a post-doctoral position in the Chemistry Department at University of Oklahoma-Norman in 1979. From 1979-1981 Javan worked in a post-doctoral position at Rice University in Houston, TX.

He then worked for Gulf Oil Company as a Research Chemist until 1982. After Gulf Oil he work at USI/Quantum Chemicals/Millennium Chemicals as a research chemist from 1983-2001.

He finished up his career as a machine operator at LSI from 2002-2011.

Visitation
Tuesday April 28, 2015, 10:00 a.m. - 12:00p.m. at Mihovk-Rosenacker Funeral Home

Service
Tuesday April 28, 2015, 12:00 p.m. at Mihovk-Rosenacker Funeral Home