Harvey Dean Shell

Funeral Services will be conducted on Wednesday, October 25, 2023 at Memorial Funeral Home. Visitation will be from 10:00 am until the Celebration of Life at 11:00 am. Interment will follow in Memorial Park Cemetery.

Harvey graduated from Southeast Missouri State University with bachelor’s degrees in chemistry and biology. He also graduated from the Missouri School of Mines and Metallurgy with a bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering. In 1955 he married Joanne Bagby, the love of his life.

Harvey started his own business - Shell Engineering & Associates, Inc. - in 1975. He ran it with his son Charles for over 25 years. He was a true renaissance man who loved singing, writing poetry and playing the mandolin and the clarinet. He dabbled in painting and spent many hours composing his own videos documenting his international travels and family gatherings.

He is survived by his children, Carol Harris of Branson, Missouri, and Charles (Wendy) Shell of Columbia; grandchildren, Elizabeth (Derek) Sparks of Branson, Phillip Harris of Branson, Mary Shell of Brooklyn, New York, Amelia (Perry) Salyer of Columbia and Jonathan Shell of Columbia; brother, Dr. William (Patricia) Shell of Sikeston, Missouri; nephew and nieces Michael (Jen) Shell of Boulder, Colorado, Kimberly (Todd) Zellmer of Kansas City, Missouri, and Pamela Shell Himstedt of Cape Girardeau, Missouri. He is also survived by his brother-in-law, Jerry Bagby of Dexter; sister-in-law, Geneva Moody of Willow Springs, Missouri; nieces and nephews, Mike (Cathy) Bagby of Dexter, Carla Driver of Bernie, Missouri, and Mark Moody of Overland Park, Kansas.

His great-grandchildren brought him immense joy in the final years of his life.

He was preceded in death by his parents; wife, Joanne Shell; son-in-law, Steven Harris; a brother-in-law, William “Bill” Moody; sister-in-law Clara Bagby and great niece Maddie Zellmer.

Fond memories and expressions of sympathy may be shared at www.memorialfuneralhomeandcemetery.com for the Shell family.