A former Winonan, he was the son of Mrs. Grace Belville and the late Lloyd Melville, who was advertising manager of this newspaper. The graveside service followed cremation. Born here March 27, 1929, Belville attended Winona High School and received a bachelor degree in philosophy from the College of the University of Chicago in 1949, and a master of arts in English from the university in 1952. He had done research for a doctorate in political science at the University of California-Riverside. B
Belville was a field agent for the Army Counter-intelligence Corps in Germany from 1952 to 1955 and was a civilian intelligence officer in Germany after his discharge until 1963. Since then, except for a year and a half at Riverside, he had been in New York, where he successively was a writer-editor for Mobil Oil Corp., a free-lance writer-researcher, a publications writer for Columbia University, a caseworker for the department of social services and for the last year again a free-lance writer-researcher, Including a period as a public relations associate for the Queensboro Tuberculosis and Health Association.
He married Renate Schalow In New York July 24, 1964, and lived at 48 W. 88th St.
Survivors are: his wife; his mother, of Clinton, Iowa; a brother, Lance, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and a sister, Mrs. George (Lynne) Cherry, Cleveland, Ohio. A memorial to Community Memorial Hospital has been arranged.
Published in The Winona Daily News. Winona, Minnesota Wednesday, April 14, 1971
A former Winonan, he was the son of Mrs. Grace Belville and the late Lloyd Melville, who was advertising manager of this newspaper. The graveside service followed cremation. Born here March 27, 1929, Belville attended Winona High School and received a bachelor degree in philosophy from the College of the University of Chicago in 1949, and a master of arts in English from the university in 1952. He had done research for a doctorate in political science at the University of California-Riverside. B
Belville was a field agent for the Army Counter-intelligence Corps in Germany from 1952 to 1955 and was a civilian intelligence officer in Germany after his discharge until 1963. Since then, except for a year and a half at Riverside, he had been in New York, where he successively was a writer-editor for Mobil Oil Corp., a free-lance writer-researcher, a publications writer for Columbia University, a caseworker for the department of social services and for the last year again a free-lance writer-researcher, Including a period as a public relations associate for the Queensboro Tuberculosis and Health Association.
He married Renate Schalow In New York July 24, 1964, and lived at 48 W. 88th St.
Survivors are: his wife; his mother, of Clinton, Iowa; a brother, Lance, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and a sister, Mrs. George (Lynne) Cherry, Cleveland, Ohio. A memorial to Community Memorial Hospital has been arranged.
Published in The Winona Daily News. Winona, Minnesota Wednesday, April 14, 1971
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