- Date Of Birth: August 16, 1928
- Date Of Death: March 30, 2022
- State: Colorado
John Shettel grew up in Annville, a college town in the Pennsylvania Dutch country. He completed high school in Conway and Little Rock, Arkansas where his father was serving as U.S. army chaplain. He was educated at Lebanon Valley College, Hendrix College, Princeton Seminary and McCormick Seminary. He and Doris Lee met during his first year at Lebanon Valley College. Together they served as student pastor and teacher at a small chapel for quarry workers’ families near Annville. Married on Christmas eve of 1946, they both then completed their studies at Hendrix College in Conway, Arkansas.
