Herbert Francis Mitchell, Jr.

Herbert Francis Mitchell, Jr., visiting from North Fort Myers, Florida, passed away early Friday Morning 12 days after his 95th birthday. Born in Philadelphia, Pa on October 19, 1913 to H.R. Mitchell and Mary Winifred (Phelphs) Mitchell. He married Mary Charlotte Chapman and she preceded him in death. He is survived by a son, William, of Shelbyville and a daughter Mary Francis Aguilar, of Westminster, Colorado; seven grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his parents and three sisters. Mr. Mitchell rose to the rank of Colonel during World War II, and earned a Ph.D. from Harvard University in Applied Mathematics after the war. He helped build the Mark II computer at Harvard and went to work as the chief programmer on the Univac I computer. He subsequently spent 30 years working in the computer industry, retiring from NASA as head of the Computation Center at the Goddard Space center. He then devoted the next 40 years to traveling all over the world speaking for various missionary organizations as a Christian scientist. He leaves a website: www.herbmitchell.info, that contains his biography and other Christian writings. Cremation is scheduled. New Hope Baptist Temple and First Presbyterian Church will host a Memorial Service on November 16, 2008 at 4 p.m. at the McKay Manor Vesper Service. Friends are invited to attend. Services were entrusted to Freeman Family Funeral Homes, Carmony-Ewing Harrison Street Chapel, 819 S. Harrison St., Shelbyville, IN 46176