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Shell died after a nearly two-year struggle with spiral sarcoma, a cancer which he once described as "four tumors wrapped around each other, encapsulated."<ref name="rucker">Janelle Rucker, "Police Juror, teacher still smiling after cancer fight", The Shreveport Times'', April 13, 2007.</ref> Despite the difficulties of [[surgery|surgeries]], [[radiation]], and [[chemotherapy]], Shell continued teaching, having missed no more than a week of instruction, and he still served on the police jury. He used his personal struggle with cancer as a lesson to his students and others to whom he came in contact.<ref name="stimes">"Bossier police juror remembered for smiles, stories", ''The Shreveport Times'', May 6, 2008.</ref> "I was trying to show my knuckle-headed students that cancer doesn't mean death,"  he said in 2007.<ref name="rucker"/> In the classroom, Shell was known for his enthusiasm and theatrics, sometimes getting atop his desk to make a particular point.<ref>Edwin T. Shell Guest Book (no longer on-line)</ref> Shortly after the funeral, Shell was honored in the commencement ceremonies at BPCC.<ref>"Eddy Shell given his final salutes", ''The Shreveport Times'', May 8, 2008.</ref>​

Shell died after a nearly two-year struggle with spiral sarcoma, a cancer which he once described as "four tumors wrapped around each other, encapsulated."<ref name="rucker">Janelle Rucker, "Police Juror, teacher still smiling after cancer fight", The Shreveport Times'', April 13, 2007.</ref> Despite the difficulties of [[surgery|surgeries]], [[radiation]], and [[chemotherapy]], Shell continued teaching, having missed no more than a week of instruction, and he still served on the police jury. He used his personal struggle with cancer as a lesson to his students and others to whom he came in contact.<ref name="stimes">"Bossier police juror remembered for smiles, stories", ''The Shreveport Times'', May 6, 2008.</ref> "I was trying to show my knuckle-headed students that cancer doesn't mean death,"  he said in 2007.<ref name="rucker"/> In the classroom, Shell was known for his enthusiasm and theatrics, sometimes getting atop his desk to make a particular point.<ref>Edwin T. Shell Guest Book (no longer on-line)</ref> Shortly after the funeral, Shell was honored in the commencement ceremonies at BPCC.<ref>"Eddy Shell given his final salutes", ''The Shreveport Times'', May 8, 2008.</ref>​

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In addition to wife Barbara, originally from Landau,  [[Germany]], Shell was survived by a daughter, Sally S. Shell (born c. 1963), a teacher in  [[Colorado]]; son Ted Shell (born c. 1966), a [[nurse]] in [[Tacoma]], [[Washington]], and granddaughter Callie Shell of College Station, Texas|College Station]], [[Texas]];  his siblings, Mally S. Hatch and Freeman E. Shell, Jr., both of Decatur, [[Alabama]], and Sally Elizabeth Shell Whitehead of Jacksonville, Arkansas; three step-children, and four step-grandchildren.<ref name="obit"/>​

In addition to wife Barbara, originally from Landau,  [[Germany]], Shell was survived by a daughter, Sally S. Shell (born c. 1963), a teacher in  [[Colorado]]; son Ted Shell (born c. 1966), a [[nurse]] in [[Tacoma]], [[Washington]], and granddaughter Callie Shell of College Station, Texas;  his siblings, Mally S. Hatch and Freeman E. Shell, Jr., both of Decatur, [[Alabama]], and Sally Elizabeth Shell Whitehead of Jacksonville, Arkansas; three step-children, and four step-grandchildren.<ref name="obit"/>​

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Kelly McDade, a BPCC instructor, said that the institution has its "work cut out for us to meet Dr. Shell's challenge of embodying the best there is in humanity. I learned from Dr. Shell that every day is an opportunity to embrace life with gusto and that to share knowledge and understanding with everyone I meet is an honor."<ref name="stimes"/>​

Kelly McDade, a BPCC instructor, said that the institution has its "work cut out for us to meet Dr. Shell's challenge of embodying the best there is in humanity. I learned from Dr. Shell that every day is an opportunity to embrace life with gusto and that to share knowledge and understanding with everyone I meet is an honor."<ref name="stimes"/>​

Shell is interred with military honors at Hill Crest Memorial Park east of Bossier City.<ref name="obit"/>​

Shell is interred with military honors at Hill Crest Memorial Park east of Bossier City.<ref name="obit"/>​

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