Dave Mellin (Redmond ’66) (Redmond 1966)
Posted: December 12, 2010
Dave was born June 10, 1945, in Boise, ID, to Ragnar and Thelma Mae Mellin. He attended McKinley Elementary School in Boise and graduated from Camas County High School in Fairfield, ID, in 1963. He was the class salutatorian.
Dave attended the University of Idaho, where he received a bachelor’s degree in range management.
Dave was a career jumper. He worked out of Redmond through 1968, then from Fairbanks in 1971, 1972 and 1974 through 1988. He served in the U.S. Army Airborne and also worked for Air America in Laos.
He enjoyed eight-man football and antique motorcycles. He also loved and appreciated physical fitness and nature.
In 1987, Dave moved back to Twin Falls, ID, to look after his mother until her passing in 1993. He died of a heart attack at his home in Twin Falls, Idaho, in January 1998 at the age of 52.
